Bodcott Farmhouse

SO 34 SW DORSTONE CP B 4352 (south side)

6/132 Bodcott Farmhouse

29/9/52 II*

Farmhouse. Mid-C16, with mid-C17 and later additions. Rubble, timber- frame with some wattle-and-daub and some brick infill; stone slate roof. Floored hall with cross-wings, hall aligned east/west; the east cross-wing of 4 framed bays, and south porch, mid-C16, porch enters hall at junction with east cross-wing; rest of house mid-C17 with a further entrance at junction of hall and west wing, into lobby; stacks at each end of hall with diamond shafts, also a blocked C16 stack on south end of east wall of east wing (shafts removed), with adjoining spiral staircase, also blocked. South front: 2 storeys, gabled cross-wing to left (west): C17 casements, 2-light above 5-light, the latter with a transom, chamfered mullions, gable of timber: multiple V-struts rising from king post; small gabled C19 porch to entrance at junction with hall; C17 5-light casement to left, one to each floor, ground floor with transom, mullions chamfered; porch at junction with east cross-wing: close-studded first floor on rubble base, moulded segmental outer doorhead of timber, west wall ground floor window with diamond mullions; east cross-wing: C19 casement to first floor, close-studded framing with mid-rail and straight angle braces jettied over C17 angled bay window, partially obscured by 2 mid-C20 stone piers supporting jetty; gable: close-studded to collar, V-struts to king post in apex. Side walls of this cross-wing are framed on first floor, 3 square panels high. Interior: ground floor of east cross-wing: south room (of 2 bays): moulded ceiling beams, hearth blocked and room sub-divided by mid-C17 timber-frame partition; north room (also of 2 bays) contains cider press (probably C17) and cider mill. Rooms above retain traces of wall paintings on the beams, formerly across whole surface, floral and fleur-de-lys designs in lozenges outlined in red. (RCHM 1, p 57, no 13).

Listing NGR: SO3374743103