Broctons Farmhouse (EHER 35811)

16th to 17th century timber-framed house.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Brocton's Farm [NAT]. <1> Brocton's Farmhouse 16th to 17th timber-framed and plastered building on an L-shaped plan (RCHM 26). Grade II. <2> Brocton's Farm is of two storeys with attics. It was built probably late in the 16th century on an L-shaped plan, with the wings extending towards the north and east. The north wing was rebuilt towards the end of the 17th century and the house was much altered in 1810. <3> 2010. Building survey. The building is constructed of a primary braced, interrupted studwork timber-frame clad in a variety of weatherboarding and divided into four rooms with fully framed partitions to the apex. There are four doorways on the north-east main elevation into three single bay stalls and one double bay store with an inserted window. The bays are all different sizes. The roof is half hipped and the ridge line is oriented north-west to south-east. The tile covering was removed over 12 years ago and the roof sealed with a double layer of plastic sheeting. The roof has badly racked due the failure of the batten fixings and has several inserted braces some of which could be late 19th or early 20th century. All of the original split stable doors are lost and the two doors that remain are 21st century marine ply. The windows are simple inserted casements with plastic sheeting instead of glass. Blockwork built outshot to the rear has largely collapsed. <4>