Listed Building: THE VALE FARMHOUSE (277437)

TM 13 NE HARKSTEAD IPSWICH ROAD (east side) 2/18 The Vale Farmhouse - II House. C14/C15 core with C16 and later alterations and additions. Timber-framed and plastered. Red plain tiled roofs. Off centre right and external left red brick chimneystacks. 2 storeys. Forward right is a C19 single storey range of red brick with red pantile roof. Rear left a lower range, C16 one storey and attics, much altered and extended forward C19 and C20. Main range, 3 first floor small paned vertically sliding sashes. Ground floor 3 small paned French windows. C20 door to rear range. Internally the late C16 wing was originally arch braces to tie beams, the roof now of C18 and later construction. The main range left bays have heavy close-set wall studs and flat section ceiling beams. Carpenters marks to ceiling, jowled storey posts. The right bay, which appears to have extended further at one time, is of earlier origin and retains an arched braced tie beam, one brace now cut away, which supports the stem of a chamfered, square section crown post. Later decorations obscure the rest of the frame. There is a back to back inglenook fireplace with mantel beams over. Two C18 corner cupboards by the chimney. Listing NGR: TM1898635586