Butlesdon House

Butlesdon House is a house, likely a bastle, that was originally dated 1604 and built for Henry Johnson. It features a single-storey extension from the later 17th century. The oldest section is constructed from heavy rubble with roughly-shaped long quoins, while the extension is made of squared rubble. The roofs are covered with renewed pantiles, and there are 20th-century brick stacks.

The oldest part measures 11 by 6.4 metres externally, with side walls that are 0.9 metres thick and a west end wall that is 1.12 metres thick.

On the south elevation, the main part is two storeys high and has two slightly irregular bays. The centre features a half-glazed door with a three-pane overlight in an inserted doorway. There are four-pane sash windows on the ground floor and twelve-pane sash windows above, all with timber lintels. At the first-floor level, there is a blocked slit near the left end and a possible blocked door to the right of centre. The gable copings are raised, with triangular spandral stones, and there is a small stack at the right end. The one-storey, two-bay extension to the left has a renewed door in a worn chamfered surround and 20th-century windows, with similar gable coping at the left end.

The right return shows blocked first-floor and attic windows, while the left return of the one-storey part has two blocked slits and a blocked pitching door above.

On the rear elevation, near the right end of the oldest part at first-floor level, there is a small chamfered window with sockets for a metal or wood grille. Immediately to the right is a blocked doorway, likely from the 18th century. The one-storey part has a central pair of doorways (the left with a boarded door and the right blocked) featuring tooled-and-margined alternating-block surrounds, and to the right, there is a 20th-century window inserted in an old chamfered doorway.

Inside, the one-storey part has an 18th or early 19th-century fireplace with a domed set-pot recess.

Historically, a datestone and inscription reading 'H. Johnson' were recorded in the late 19th century. The altered rear wing and attached farmbuilding are not of special interest.