Bridge Farmhouse

Bridge Farmhouse is a former farmhouse dating from the 15th century, with alterations made in the late 16th and 17th centuries. It has a three-cell plan and is one storey high with attics. The building is timber-framed and plastered, topped with a thatched roof that is half-hipped at both ends. There is an axial chimney made of red brick with a 20th-century rebuilt shaft, and an end chimney to the left made of 18th or 19th-century red brick. The house features two 20th-century eyebrow casement dormers and a 20th-century lean-to thatched entrance porch with an oak plank door.

Inside, there is a two-bay open hall where the open truss includes part of its cambered tie-beam supported by thick unchamfered arch braces. The close studding is visible, and the lower half of the original hall window has its diamond mullions exposed and glazed. There is evidence of smoke-blackening at the upper level, suggesting the roof is likely of the coupled-rafter type. In the late 16th century, the service cell was demolished and a two-bay parlour block was constructed, which includes two good diamond-mullioned windows. Additionally, back-to-back open fireplaces and a first floor with on-edge floor joists were inserted into the hall in the 17th century.