Little Beeleigh Farmhouse (EHER 38235)

A 15th century timber framed and rendered former farmhouse, with 16th and 17th century alterations. The roofs are covered in plain tile. The house is on a 'U-shaped' plan with the main range aligned north-south and a crosswing at the north end. It is two storey with attics and cellar. The east front is jettied and retains two original carved jetty brackets.

October 1951. Grade II listed. A 15th century timber framed and rendered former farmhouse, with 16th and 17th century alterations. The roofs are covered in plain tile. The house is on a 'U-shaped' plan with the main range aligned north-south and a crosswing at the north end. A single-storey block at the south end of the main range has a gabled slate roof behind a parapet. The rest of the house is two storey with attics and cellar. The east front is jettied and retains two original carved jetty brackets. The timber frame is exposed here. The ground floor has a canted bay window with small-paned sash windows and an off-centre door with moulded architrave. Exposed timbers indicate a number of former oriel windows on each floor, frieze windows (some with moulded mullions) and the site of a former two-storey projecting porch in front of the cross passage. The interior reveals that the northern crosswing is mid 15th century and of two bays, truncated to the east as part of later works. A mid 16th century long wall jetty structure adjoins with a two-bay hall/great chamber, and there is a service bay of two rooms to the south with a small chamber over. The service doors were separated by a panel of studwork. It retains an early 19th century staircase, doors and architraves and typical fire surround with roundels over the pilasters. The north ground-floor room has some 17th century panelling and there are numerous 17th and 18th century doors with contemporary ironwork. <1> See photos <2>.