Breach Farmhouse (EHER 37544)

Late 16th to early 17th century timber-framed house.

Farmhouse dating to about 1600. It is two storeys, timber-framed and plastered, with a peg tile roof gabled at north-east and hipped over a crosswing at the south-west and returns to a gable at the rear. The rear has two gabled staircase towers and a kitchen-like single storey, attached block, with part flint walling. The plan form is of the 'baffle entry' type, but with a wide tunnel through the chimney stack forming a cross passage. The south-west crosswing is fully articulated in structure. The front has many old cast iron casements with leaded lights, two open, and a gabled 19th century porches with peg tiles. The farmhouse has an off-centre stack and has four square detached shafts conjoined at head. One stair tower has original newel post and finial and arched head at ground floor entrance. The side purlin and clasped collar roof makes use of remnants of an earlier crown post roof. <1> See: <2>