Nether Hale Farmhouse

Nether Hale Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed house located on Canterbury Road in St Nicholas at Wade. It dates from the mid-15th century, with cladding and extensions added around 1694 and in the mid-18th century. The building features a timber frame with exposed close studding on the right return, flint infill, and is otherwise clad in red brick, flint, and brown brick. It has a plain tiled roof and is designed as a four-bay hall house, now with a ceiling and a lobby entry plan, along with an added brick bay.

The farmhouse stands two storeys high on a plinth, with a moulded eaves cornice beneath a hipped roof. There are brick stacks located at the centre left, rear right, and a large projecting stack at the end right, which has a flint base and a moulded corbel leading to a banded white and red brick stack dating from around 1600. The first floor has four glazing bar sash windows, while the ground floor features three tripartite and segmental-headed glazing bar sashes, along with a central door made up of four raised and fielded panels, topped with a flat hood supported by brackets.

To the left, there is a projecting wing made of banded flint and brick, resting on a plinth with a plat band, cornice, and a gable that was originally shaped but has since been pared down. The gable displays alphabetical wall ties: P E I. This wing includes a segmental-headed glazing bar sash on the first floor and a tripartite sash on the ground floor. The left return of the building is rendered and features pilaster strips on the first floor.

Inside, the farmhouse boasts a crown post roof, an early 16th-century smoke bay and firehood, and a partial ceiling over the hall. The hall has early 17th-century flooring and a central stack has been inserted, which is the end stack from around 1600, featuring a depressed arch and moulded surround. A surviving 15th-century two-light arched window with chamfered and moulded heads and surrounds can also be found. The wing added in 1694 is reputed to have originally served as the brew house.