Park Farmhouse

Park Farmhouse is a former farmhouse dating from the mid 16th century. It features a three-cell cross-entry plan and stands two storeys tall. The building is timber-framed and plastered, topped with a plaintiled roof that has a gable chimney on the left; this chimney is octagonal and made of 19th-century red brick. The rear chimney, also polygonal and rebuilt in the 19th century, is constructed of gault and red brick. The windows are mid 20th-century small-pane casements, and there is a mid 20th-century brick porch with a pantiled roof and a six-panelled door. Inside, the typical unmoulded 16th-century framing is exposed, showcasing large unchamfered floor joists and tension-braced close-studding. An unusual feature for rural mid Suffolk is the hall fireplace located at the rear, which has a large cambered lintel. Additionally, there is a rear wing that was originally one storey high, possibly added in the 17th or 18th century.