Lodge Farmhouse

WIGMORE CP DEERFOLD SO 36 NE 5/68 Lodge Farmhouse 11.6.59 II Farmhouse. Early to mid-C16 with earlier and late Cl7 additions and c1800 alterations. Timber-framed with rendered infill on rubble base, some rendered rubble walling and some painted brick replacement walling, machine- tiled roofs with large rendered ridge stack. Three framed bays aligned north-west/south-east. Original part consisted of central and north-west bay with central chimney forming lobby-entrance. The south-east bay was added in the early Cl7 and has an external rendered chimney at its (rubble) gable end. Later in the Cl7 the porch wing, north-west lean-to and the rear stair wing which has flanking outshuts with catslide roofs were added. Two storeys and cellar. Framing: main building has two rows of close-set studding per storey. The first floor of the north-east elevation of the original two bays is jettied on a chamfered bressummer and moulded brackets; the jetty is continued at the north-west end and the gable above has a collar and tie-beam truss with close-set struts. The late Cl7 additions have square panels, the wings have three rows from sill to wall-plate and the lean-tos have two rows. North-east front elevation: windows are mainly C19 case- ments. Left bay has a pair of 2-light windows beneath a plank weathering and the right bay has a 3-light latticed window on the ground floor. There are three windows of two lights, one per bay, on the first floor. Main entrance now in central bay, has a c1800 door with four flush panels and a transom light with a central glazing bar. The porch wing to the right of the entrance has a four-panelled door in its left side and a single-light casement. in its right side. The north-west lean-to has a 2-light window in its north-east end. Interior: roof has queen-post trusses with V-struts . above the collar and through-purlins. Central bay now forms an entrance hall leafing to rear stair wing which has its early Cl7 open well staircase which has square newels with shaped finials. The sill of a C16 oriel window is visible on the south-west side of the building. The ground floor room of the Cl7 bay has hollow stop-chamfered main ceiling beams between which are three plaster panels with moulded borders. (RCHM, Herefs, Vol III, p 210, item 22; BoE, p 232).

Listing NGR: SO3877869170