Description

DITTISHAM SX85SE 11/253 Chipton Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. Probably C17 or earlier, remodelled land extended in C18 and again in early to mid C19 and with C20 alterations. Rendered stone rubble. Lateral stack at rear and at left end with rendered shafts, the right hand end stack has rebuilt brick shaft. Plan and development: The original house is the 2 room plan main range; probably with a central through passage, the lower right hand room served by an end stack, the right hand room was the hall and has a large lateral stack at the back. The house appears to have been remodelled in the C18 possibly when the unheated wing was built behind the lower right hand room. In circa early to mid C19 a tall 3-storey extension was built at the higher left hand end with a staircase and an outbuilding behind which returns to form a small back yard. The outbuilding was converted in c20 to extend the house accommodation. There is a single storey outshut behind the main range, probably added in C19. Exterior: 2 and 3 storeys. the main 2-storey part to the right is an asymmetrical 3-window range with C19 3-light casements (ground floor right hand 4 lights) with glazing bars. Doorway to right of centre with fielded 2-panel door and slated canopy on shaped timber brackets. Doorway to left has circa early C19 6-panel door with slate canopy. Circa early C19 extension of left: 3 storeys, 1 window wide, first and second floors have French window. At rear a large lateral stack with set-offs, single storey outshut and wing to right and left, and right wing returns to form a small courtyard. Interior: Right hand room has fireplace with rough timber lintel on shaped wooden corbels. centre room, the former hall, has C18 fielded 2-panel doors, a small C18 moulded chimneypiece and C18 panelled window shutters. Early C19 staircase in left hand extension with balusters and column newel. first floor and roof structure not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX8505552466

External Links

• Wikidata Q26610583

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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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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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)