Bodcott Farmhouse

Bodcott Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the mid-16th century, with additions from the mid-17th century and later. It is constructed of rubble and timber-frame, featuring some wattle-and-daub and brick infill, topped with a stone slate roof. The layout includes a floored hall with cross-wings, with the hall oriented east to west. The east cross-wing consists of four framed bays and has a mid-16th century south porch that enters the hall at the junction with the east cross-wing. The remainder of the house is from the mid-17th century, with an additional entrance at the junction of the hall and west wing, leading into a lobby. There are stacks at each end of the hall with diamond shafts, and a blocked 16th-century stack on the south end of the east wall of the east wing, which has a blocked spiral staircase adjacent to it.

The south front of the farmhouse has two storeys, with a gabled cross-wing to the left (west). The west side features 17th-century casement windows, including a two-light window above a five-light window, the latter with a transom and chamfered mullions. The gable is timber-framed with multiple V-struts rising from a king post. A small gabled 19th-century porch is located at the entrance junction with the hall. The left side of the south front has a 17th-century five-light casement on each floor, with the ground floor window having a transom and chamfered mullions. The porch at the junction with the east cross-wing has close-studded framing on a rubble base, with a moulded segmental outer doorhead of timber. The ground floor window on the west wall features diamond mullions.

The east cross-wing has a 19th-century casement on the first floor, with close-studded framing that has a mid-rail and straight angle braces, jettied over a 17th-century angled bay window, which is partially obscured by two mid-20th-century stone piers supporting the jetty. The gable of this cross-wing has close-studded framing up to the collar, with V-struts to the king post at the apex. The side walls of the cross-wing are framed on the first floor, with three square panels high.

Inside, the ground floor of the east cross-wing features a south room (of two bays) with moulded ceiling beams, a blocked hearth, and a mid-17th-century timber-frame partition dividing the room. The north room (also of two bays) contains a cider press, likely from the 17th century, and a cider mill. The rooms above retain traces of wall paintings on the beams, which were once extensive, featuring floral and fleur-de-lys designs outlined in red.