Street Farmhouse

Street Farmhouse is a large timber-framed building dating from the 15th century, with subsequent alterations and additions through the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. It is located in Wickham Skeith, Norfolk. The original core is a hall range, with a service wing to the north that may have been remodelled in the 16th century, alongside a small addition to the east, also in the 16th century. A parlour block was built in the early 17th century to the south of the hall, and further extended in the late 17th century. A western wing was added in the early to mid-17th century.

The front (north) elevation of the hall range and 16th-century addition is jettied, displaying exposed joist ends, brackets, and a bressumer. Most windows are from the 19th century, featuring slender horizontal glazing bars. However, one original 16th-century window remains, retaining roll-moulded mullions. Dormers are gabled, and a cross-entry doorway has an 18th-century door with six raised fielded panels and an overlight, set within a gabled timber trellis porch. A further old six-panel door leads to the parlour. The 17th-century western wing has 20th-century leaded windows and a plank door. A stack, rebuilt in the 19th century, is situated at the junction of the hall and parlour. The west wing retains a 17th-century drop-finial and a mid-19th-century gable window with four trefoil-headed lights.

The interior of the two-bay hall retains a heavily sooted crown-post roof. The original open truss has an arched-braced cambered tie beam and an octagonal crown-post, moulded at the cap and base, with four-way bracing at the head. Medieval studding is visible, particularly in the lower end of the hall, and a portion of one original hall window remains, with seven square mullions. Intact 2-centre arched doorways lead to the service areas and rear cross-entry. A notable feature is a finely carved early to mid-16th century ceiling, with main beams forming a "T" shape, decorative roll moulding with leaf stops, and embattled detailing on both the bridging beam and joists. A similarly moulded cornice, also embattled, is present. A fine 16th-century screen with moulded muntins and two four-centre arched doorways separates the cross-passage. The hall fireplace incorporates original brickwork with lined mortar joints. The parlour addition has a two-bay layout, with the stack likely rebuilt during its construction. The first floor has ovolo-moulded ceiling beams. The western wing contains plain studding, blocked ovolo-mullioned windows, an ovolo-moulded tie beam with ornate stop chamfers, and a stepped butt-purlin roof. A newel stair, contemporary with the western wing, extends to the attic. A plain-framed addition to the south of the parlour appears to have been service accommodation.