Soakham Farmhouse

Soakham Farmhouse is a house that likely dates from the late 15th century to the early 16th century. It was originally an open hall house with two bays and has a storeyed end bay. The building was converted to a lobby entrance plan by adding a 17th-century brick chimney stack and was refronted in the 18th century. The farmhouse is timber framed, with the framing visible on the northeast side and plastered infill, while the southwest side features red brick in Flemish bond and the southeast side has English bond brickwork. The northwest side has an 18th-century pentice in Sussex bond brickwork. The roof is steeply pitched and tiled, with an off-center brick chimney stack.

The house has two storeys and three windows. The ground floor features 19th-century triple casements with cambered heads, a central doorcase with a cambered hood, and a plinth. The northeast front has a ground floor made of Flemish bond brickwork and an exposed frame on the first floor, showcasing a curved brace and wattle and daub infill. Most windows are 19th-century casements, but there are two 17th-century wood mullioned casements on the right side.

Inside, the farmhouse retains a roll-moulded dais beam. The room on the right side has a 17th-century open fireplace with a chamfered wooden bressumer and a 19th-century iron range. The left side room features an open fireplace with a bressummer that has run-out stops, a 17th-century spine beam with a lamb's tongue stop, and chamfered floor joists. There are two 18th-century winder staircases. The first floor displays an exposed frame with jowled corner posts, arched braces, a fine octagonal crown post with a moulded top, four head braces, and collar braces. The rafters in the center of the roof are sooted. The service end has old floorboards, and some internal walls are made of lath and plaster. Additionally, there are some 18th-century plank doors.