Ware Farmhouse (EHER 37326)

Early 16th century hall house, with later alterations.

Hall house of the early 16th century, altered in the late 16th century, and extended in the 19th and 20th century. It is timber-framed, plastered and weatherboarded, and the roof is tiled. The hall is of two bays aligned north-east to south-west, with parlour/solar crosswing of three bays at south-west end, and jettied to south-east. The service end missing. A chimney stack was inserted in the north-east bay of hall and floor inserted in late 16th century. Framing partly exposed internally. The roof of the hall was rebuilt as a clasped purlin construction. The roof of the crosswing was originally of crownpost construction, but crownpost on south-east tiebeam missing, others not visible. There are exceptionally large binding-joist between middle and south-east bays of hall, with text 'Memento mori' painted in white letters on brown ground on south-east aide of it, of 18th or early 19th century lettering. RCHM 18. <1> See: <2>