Bridge House

EARDISLEY CP CHURCH ROAD (west side) SO 3049 - 3149 7/64 Bridge House 19.8.53 GV II House. Circa 1600, partly rebuilt late C19 to early C20. Coursed rubble with some brick dressings and some pebbledashed timber-framing; concrete- tiled roof and brick ridge stacks with cogged cap courses. L-plan; main range rebuilt and of four bays aligned north/south. The south end bay is probably a later addition and has brick dressings. Original cross-wing survives at north end, probably three framed bays and has external rubble chimney with offsets and rebuilt brick stack on north side. Two storeys. Framing: not visible externally. North wing has a jettied first floor on part of the north side and at the east end on shaped brackets. East front elevation: windows all have broad moulded architraves and moulded sills. Main range has two 3-light casements and a 2-light casement with rusticated lintels on the ground floor and also a loophole; there are four 2-light case- ments and a small rectangular window on the first floor. The former main entrance at the northern end has an arhcway with a four-centred head and a recessed blocked doorway with side lights. Cross-wing has two first floor 2-light casements. Main entrance now at south end and has a C20 doorcase. (RCHM, III, p 54, item 16).

Listing NGR: SO3113849471