Bollitree Castle Farmhouse

WESTON UNDER PENYARD CP - SO 62 SW

5/88 Bollitree Castle Farmhouse 18.5.53

GV II

House. Circa 1700 with earlier remains, re-modelled at rear mid-C18. Sandstone with tile roofs. Front block, of c1700, faces west and has symmetrical ashlar facade. Two storeys with attic, five bays. Windows sashed with glazing bars. Above the modillion cornice are three gabled attic dormers. The doorcase is mid-C20, with pilasters and a shallow segmental pediment, but may be a copy of the original. Hipped roof with end chimneys. At the rear a wing links the front block with a parallel range. Their south and east facades were re-modelled in a Gothick style in the mid-C18. On the south side the linking wing is of one bay and has windows of two ogee lights with a door to the right. The end wall of the rear range is of two bays and has windows of two ogee lights on the ground floor and sashed windows with glazing bars above. The east wall of the rear range is of three bays and has an embattled parapet. The windows to the outer bays are of two ogee lights, to the middle bay of one. The north wall of this range has octagonal corner turrets with loupholes, linked by an embattled parapet. On the ground floor, below a moulded string, it has a small pointed window with chamfered surround. Above, below another string, is a tall window with chamfered surround and segmental head, with leaded glazing and with a central timber mullion which branches to form Y-tracery. Interior: the two front rooms on both floors of the front block are lined with raised and fielded panelling. The dog-leg stair has an open string with three turned balusters to each tread and a ramped handrail. In the parallel range to the rear, one room is lined with oak bolection moulded panelling. Parts of a timber-frame are exposed, suggesting that an earlier building was clad in stone in the C18.

Listing NGR: SO6364424023