Description

ST 78 NW YATE WICKWAR ROAD (west side)

4/255 Brinsham Farmhouse, including attached Barn, Stables, - Sheltershed and Cartshed II

Farmhouse. Late C16/early Cl7, altered and extended to east C19. Farmbuildings, late C18/early C19. Farmhouse. Rendered rubble; double Roman tiled roof with coped raised verges. Gabled vernacular farmhouse, of asymmetrical L-plan. South elevation: 2 storeys and attic in gabled section to left, which has a 4-light casement window on the ground floor, a 3-light cross window on the first and a single light in the attic, all with hollow chamfered mullions and surrounds. Central 2 storey projecting gabled porch: 3-light casement window on first floor with hollow chamfered mullions and casement stays; outer doorway has ogee/hollow moulded surround and depressed arch head; inner plank door with chamfered surround and 4-centred head. To the right and setback is a C19 wing: 2 storeys; 2 segmental headed casement windows and plank door to left; at the south east a single storey service wing leads to a kitchen/bakehouse which is rubble, single storey and with a brick stack on the west gable. A 2 storey stair turret with a hipped stone slate roof projects on the west elevation, and beyond is a 2 storey and attic north wing with a 3-light cross window on the first floor. Interior: ground floor, south west room is panelled with a decorative overmantel and has a framed ceiling with ogee/ovolo moulded beams; the north west room a framed ceiling with beams which have a double ovolo moulding and converging stops. The farm buildings are attached to the east end of the house and consist of a barn, a sheltershed, stables and a cartshed, forming 3 sides of a yard. All the buildings are rubble with double Roman tiled roofs. The barn has a gabled porch and is probably of 5 bays. To the north, projecting from the barn, is a 3 bay stable with a tie and collar beam roof. East from the stable is a 6 bay sheltershed and at its east end a cartshed with a hipped roof returns.

Listing NGR: ST7234084978

External Links

• Wikidata Q26430701

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)