Description

BRADNINCH
ST 00 SW
12/2
- Bowhill Farmhouse

- II
Former farmhouse. C17 and early C19. Cob, stone plinth, plastered, under gabled-
end slate roof, with black brick shaft to end stacks. To the 2 higher-end rooms of
a former 3-room, through-passage plan house has been added an early C19 set of
rooms which together form a double-depth plan The lower-end of the old range
survives and connects with a C19 wing, which now forms part of the Duchy of
Cornwall Office. 2 storeys.
Front: symmetrical front to C19 work, 3-window range; hornless sashes throughout,
4 panes per sash to 1st floor windows, 6 with margin panes to window on either side
of central doorway. A C19 verandah extends across the whole, glazed roof on iron
struts. Set back to the right is the earlier range with lower roof line, 2
storeys, 3 window range of C20 3- and 4-light casements.
Interior of old range with right-hand end fireplace, chamfered beams and an C18
door; also an unusual C18 or early C19 glazed partition (with crown glass) runs
parallel to the front wall of the lower-end, as if to light a workshop, but with
access to no good source of light.

Listing NGR: ST0037604709

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399867

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