Listed Building: BROOK FARMHOUSE (279399)

MICKFIELD DEBENHAM ROAD TM 16 SW 2/148 Brook Farmhouse - II Former farmhouse, mid C16 and early C17. Originally of 3-cell plan with cross-passage entrance; the plan was reversed, and a parlour block added in early C17 with lobby entrance. 2 storeys, the parlour block with an attic. Timber-framed and roughcast. Thatched roof with axial C17 chimney of red brick. Late C19 or early C20 sashes with small panes. C20 gabled plaintiled entrance porch with boarded door. The C16 house has a queen-post roof, hipped at both ends formerly; the posts are jowled and support purlins of triangular section, with slender arch-braces. Good wind-braced studwork, and blocked diamond-mullioned windows. A blocked 4-centred arched doorway at the former cross-entry. In C17, the remodelling included total replacement of the 1st floor, with chamfered joists; a large chimney with newel stair was placed in the former service cell, and the parlour cross-wing was added. This has a bridging joist with double-ogee moulding in the parlour. Listing NGR: TM1438261877