Description

SK 53 SE
5/14
13.10.66

BRADMORE
FARMER STREET
(west side)
Rancliffe Farmhouse

G.V.
II

Farmhouse. 1736. Designed by and built for Sir Thomas Parkyns
of Bunny Hall. Red brick, some black brick and rubble. Plain
tile roofs. Single large red brick stack to each ridge. Brick
coped gables with corbelled out kneelers. Raised eaves band.
Splayed rubble and brick plinth. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys
plus cellar and garret, 2 gabled bays. The cellar has 4 blocked
segmental arches. Above on each floor are 2 glazing bar
casements, all segmental arched with brick hood moulds. Between
the ground floor windows is a similarly arched blocked opening.
In the left gable apex in black brick headers is inscribed "Sir
T.P." and in the right gable "1736". The doorway is in the right
wall. Segmental arched fielded panel reveal with similar hood
mould over and panelled door. Attached to the right of the house
and set back is a single storey red brick and plain tile wing
with right red brick gable stack and no openings. After a
devastating fire in 1705 much of the village of Bradmore was
rebuilt by Sir Thomas Parkyns of Bunny to his own designs.

Listing NGR: SK5852031101

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26541029

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