Whitehouse Farmhouse

Whitehouse Farmhouse is a 16th-century farmhouse located on Chickering Road in Hoxne. It is timber framed and plastered, topped with a modern plain tile roof. The building has two storeys and an attic, designed in a two-cell, lobby entry style. It features two 18th-century casement windows with four lights each and an intact late 18th-century doorway that has a convex frieze and a heavy, moulded pedimented cornice. The door itself is a six-panel design, with the upper two panels glazed.

Inside, there is an internal stack, although the external portion of the shaft was rebuilt in the mid-20th century. At the rear, there is a slightly later narrow gabled addition that was extended on both sides in the mid-20th century. The interior boasts fine exposed studding, much of which is closely spaced. Several original windows can be seen, some of which are exposed on the left gable end and rear, while others have been blocked. These windows feature chamfered, moulded, and diamond mullions in the gables.

Behind the stack at the rear, there are remains of a 16th-century doorway with a renewed arched head. Additionally, in the right gable end, there is a second 16th-century doorway that remains in situ, complete with its original four-centre arched head, which is quite unusual for a farmhouse. On the first floor, there is a substantial section of a plank and muntin screen, along with some 17th-century panelling that subdivides one room. The staircase is a newel type, and the roof is intact, featuring clasped purlins and two-way plank wind bracing.