Description

SO 55 SW
5/8

BODENHAM CP
A 417 (west side)
The Ketch House and adjoining stables

GV
II

House, formerly used as cider house and kennels, and adjoining stables.
C17, altered and extended mid-C19. Coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar
dressings and some timber-framing with painted brick infill and machine-
tiled roofs. Three bays aligned north-west/south-west having external
rubble end chimneys with brick stacks. Two storeys and attic. Framing:
four rows of square panels at first floor level to front and rear.
North-east front elevation: there is a 16-pane sash window on the ground
floor, two first floor 12-pane sashes (the one in the left bay is narrower)
and a central first floor 2-light casement. Roof has central skylight.
Central entrance has a shallow gabled canopy and a raised panel on the
lintel above which is the carved relief of a figure in an ornate scrolled
surround. There is a 6-panelled door, two panels are raised and fielded
and four are glazed. Attic lights in gable ends. A single-storey kitchen
wing adjoins the south-east gable end to the rear of the chimney. Interior:
there is a C19 corner cupboard with a panelled door of probably C17 date
Stables adjoin north-west end. Sandstone rubble with slate roof. Three
bays (bay adjacent to house has been converted to a dwelling). Two levels.
Main south-west elevation: there are four windows on the ground floor, one
with a 2-light casement, two small rectangular openings just beneath first
floor level, one with 2-light casement, and two loft openings and a 2-light
casement on the upper level. There are three doorways, two with stable doors,
one with a C20 door. (RCHM Herefs II, p 16, item 15; Brian; Dr A: The Houses
of the Township of Bodenham Devereux and their inhabitants in the C19 and]
earlier, unpublished notes).

Listing NGR: SO5403051731

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26633057

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)