Description

REDDITCH B HAM GREEN SP 06 SW 4/87 Brickhouse Farmhouse and attached cider mill 10.4.54 (formerly listed as Brickhouse Farmhouse)

GV II

Farmhouse and attached cider mill, now two dwellings. Early Cl7 with early to mid-C18 and mid-C19 alterations and additions. Timber-framed with painted brick and rendered infill, brick (partly handmade) additions; plain tiled roofs. Hall and cross-wing plan; hall part of three framed bays aligned roughly north/south; southernmost passage bay occupied by inserted chimney with four star-shaped stacks to form a lobby-entry plan; intersecting cross- wing of two framed bays at south end. Two storeys and attic, partly with dentilled eaves cornice. Framing: three and four panels from sill to wall- plate; two northernmost bays of main part have close-set studding at ground floor level; short straight braces in upper corners; collar and tie-beam trusses with three struts to collar and V-strut in apex. West front elevation: main part has two ground floor 3-light casements with plank weatherings; first floor has a 3-light, a 2-light and a single-light casement; main entrance to right has a flat canopy, panelled pilasters and a six-panelled door (two upper panels are glazed); cross-wing elevation in angle with main part has a ground floor 2-light casement and rectangular light and two first floor single-light windows. The C18 cider mill adjoins the cross-wing gable end continuing the roof ridge; L-plan; two-bay part adjoining farmhouse has a 3-light and a 2- light casement on both floors of its north elevation and a half-glazed door with gabled canopy on brackets; small external chimney to left; single-bay south-west return has a half-hipped roof, truncated collar and tie-beam truss with two struts and sandstone quoins. Interior not inspected but farmhouse said to have large back-to-back fireplaces. A C19 two-bay addition adjoins the west gable end of the former cider mill; the easternmost bay continues the main roof ridge and has a 2-light ground floor casement, a loft opening and a C20 multi-paned door in its north elevation; the westernmost bay is lower in height and has a double doorway in its west gable end, an ogee- arched attic light and (in the gable apex) a re-used date stone on which is written "B W X (?) 1601". (BoE, p 151 - 2).

Listing NGR: SP0133863647

External Links

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