Description

SY 49 SE
2/46

BOTHENHAMPTON
WALDITCH
Berry Farmhouse

II*

Detached Farmhouse, of longhouse form, with byre in use. Date c.Cl6
with early C17 ceiling, and C19 and C20 alterations. Cob and Rubble-
stone walls. Corrugated-iron roofs. C20 brick stack at left hand
gable, and on ridge. House is now converted to 1½ storeys. Byre
at left hand is one storey. House: c.4 windows, with early C20
brick dressings and segmental brick arch-heads to ground floor
windows. 2-light wooden casements with glazing-bars, C20. Two C20
dormers with 2-light wooden casements with glazing-bars. Door, at
left hand, wood with 9 glass panes, bowed, C20. Byre at left hand:
a continuous build with the farmhouse. Door, at right hand, plank
stable-door with wooden framing and lintel. Loft door at centre
plank. Loop, left of centre, further door to byre at left hand end.
C19 room at left hand built into the former byre. Interior: Roof
has 3 jointed-cruck trusses with 2 soffit pegs and a lower slip-
tenon. Cambered collar with one peg mortice and tenon. Probably
3 purlins per principal. Ridge-piece cut off where interrupted by
stack, whereas upper purlins continue across sides of stack. Central
stack straight-jointed to rear west wall. Bread oven on west side.
East jamb rebuilt in brick. Inserted ceiling with 3-inch chamfers
with step-and-hollow stops. North gable end wall not at right-angles.
RCHM Dorset I, p 3O(11).

Listing NGR: SY4828292822

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17542880

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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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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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record