Wash Farmhouse

Wash Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 15th century, with parts rebuilt and enlarged in the 16th and early 17th centuries. It is timber framed and plastered, featuring a thatched roof that is half-hipped to the right over the lower end. The building has one and a half storeys, with an attic above the upper end. Originally a former open hall house with three cells, the solar end was rebuilt and extended by one bay in the 16th century. The farmhouse has mid-20th century casement windows, along with one 16th century first floor window that has diamond mullions.

There is a gabled addition from the early 17th century set forward, with later lean-to structures on each side. A mid-20th century battened plank door is located in the gable end of this addition. Inside, there is an internal stack and an intact medieval roof. The hall features an open truss with a cambered tie beam supported by long curved braces. The tie beam holds a tall square crown-post with a simply-moulded capital and base, and solid two-bay bracing to the collar purlin. The lower gable of the hall is plastered and heavily sooted.

The ceiling above the service chamber consists of boards and clay lump, likely a medieval alteration to prevent smoke from entering this room. Evidence remains for one hall window and both windows over the service end, with one window largely intact. Part of the moulded and embattled dais beam is visible, although the remainder is obscured by the stack that was inserted against it. The 16th century inserted floor has slightly-chamfered joists, and the bridging beam shows evidence of short braces to the wall posts. The upper end features close studding and exposed joists on both floors, with wall posts that continue above eaves level, curving inward in a cruck-like manner to support the attic floor above. The roof over this section has one row of wind-braced clasped purlins.