Description

BUCKLAND-TOUT-SAINTS BEARSCOMBE
SX 74 SE
8/44 Bearscombe Farmhouse
26.1.67
GV II
Large farmhouse on site of mansion. C17, C18, C19. Thin-bedded coursed rubble,
C19 wing rendered, slate roofs, some brick in stacks. A cross-passage plan with
2-storey porch towards left end; the kitchen wing rebuilt with a large 3-storey
block at right angles, forward, and some additions at back of long arm. Cellar
under right end. Main wing, front, is 1:1:3 windows; to left of porch a 12-pane
sash at each level, porch has 16-pane sash in simple architrave surround to
cornice, above an opening to pointed segmental arch with voussoirs and edge
mould on responds coursed with stonework, inner plank door. To right a series
of paired 12-pane sashes to wood mullion, wider at ground floor, and in dressed
stone surrounds as porch window; at ground floor, centre, a 6-panel door to flat
roofed portico on slender columns. Ridge stacks left, to right of cross
passage, and to right gable. Right gable end has large opening to cellar. Back
has a gablet, left, over paired 4-pane sashes in brick jambs, then a large
projecting gabled wing with small gable light and a square bay to plate-glass
sashes; eaves stack to left. The wing, of 1870 has various 4-pane sashes; the
outer face drops to give a third storey, includes slightly peaked heads to door
and window, has eaves stack on each side, and a doorway on the south front, at
courtyard level. Interior: cross-passage has slate floor; parlour to right has
two chamfered beams, good shutters and panelling below window, Victorian fire-
place on heavy consoles. Opposite the right-hand entrance door is a stick
staircase to open well with returned landing, swept handrail; arch between lobby
and well. Room added at back, beyond thick outer wall of original house has
moulded cornice. Interior has been mainly redecorated in Victorian times,
probably when the kitchen wing was rebuilt. A former owner was John Mark, who
published an Agricultural Dictionary in 3 volumes in 1794.

Listing NGR: SX7532844691

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26541748

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey