Description

ST 78 NW WICKWAR WESTEND ROAD, WEST END (south
side)
4/208
17.9.52 The Meads Farmhouse
G.V.
II

Farmhouse. Late C16/early C17, altered C19. Rubble with freestone dressings;
plain tiled roof; rubble diagonal stacks with cornice, one brick stack on north
wing. L-plan, vernacular farmhouse. 2 storeys and attics in stone gables to
east - west range; hipped roof at east end. 2 storeys to north range with
lower 2 storey addition at north end which has a lean-to under a catslide roof on
the west side. 2 windows to each range; the north range has a projecting
lateral stack between the windows; late C19 single and 2-light casement windows
in chamfered ashlar surrounds with chamfered mullions and 4-centred heads.
Plain door at south end of north wing, under a flat hood. Interior. The north
wing contains the hall and dairy with a later brewhouse and stable at the north
end; the east-west range contains the parlour, pantry and kitchen. Chamfered
beams on the ground floor; between the parlour and the kitchen is an open well
stair with carved flat balusters, and a billet moulded handrail and closed string.
Parlour chamber: wooden bolection moulded fire surround. Attic: ovolo moulded
door frame, plank door with strap hinges which have fleur-de-lys ends; fireplace
with ovolo moulded lintel and decorative over-lintel. (L. Hall, Rural Houses of
North Avon and South Gloucestershire, 1983).

Listing NGR: ST7163688518

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26408805

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)