Rufford Lodge And Adjoining Outbuildings And Barn

BRADMORE FARMER STREET SK 53 SE (west side)

5/13 Rufford Lodge and adjoining outbuild- 13.10.66 ings and barn

G.V. II

House and adjoining outbuildings and barn. c.1700 and early C19. c.1700 house designed by and built for Sir Thomas Parkyns of Bunny Hall. Render over red brick. Ashlar dressings. Pantile roof. Single ridge red brick stack. Lead coped gables with kneelers. First floor band and band over first floor openings. 2 storeys plus garret, 3 bays. Central doorway with fielded panel reveal and C20 glazing bar door. Either side are single ashlar mullion 2 light casements. 3 similar casements above, some casements with glazing bars. To the rear are 2 similar wings, that on the left with single C20 casement and single similar ashlar mullion casement above. Attached to the left and fronting Main Street is the range of early C19 red brick and pantile outbuildings and barn with raised eaves bands. That attached to the house being single storey with single ridge red brick stack and 2 C20 fixed lights is converted to domestic use. Further left is a 2 storey barn with doorway with large plank door and overlight and on the far left is a single storey range. 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: SK5846631204