Building record 207/2 - Hollyhedge Farmhouse, Main Road

Hollyhedge Farmhouse, built in the late 16th /early 17th century. It is a large timber framed farmhouse with plastered infill. Laid out in a T-shape the cross-wing is small framed and jettied at each floor on carved brackets. A jetty is a storey that projects over the one below, supported on brackets. Wood was in plentiful supply as a building material in Britain until the 17th century. It was therefore the most practical material for house building. Timber framed buildings consist of a wooden framework (usually oak) that was infilled to created solid walls. Infill material used included wattle and daub, lath and plaster, brick and weather board. Brick nogging, (brick infill) was often used in the 17th and 18th centuries to replace earlier wattle and daub or lath and plaster infill as it was longer lasting.