Brynsard Farmhouse And Attached Barn

SO 24 SE DORSTONE CP

5/118 Brynspard Farmhouse and attached barn

29/9/52 II

Farmhouse and barn. Early C17 with later alterations. Rubble; stone slate, slate and corrugated iron roof. Three-room plan, early C17, aligned east/west, end stacks, each with adjacent spiral staircase, semi- circular central south porch with side entrance; barn of 2 roof bays attached to west end, C18. House: 2 storeys, irregular fenestration, 4 windows to first floor: C20, 3-light casement, 5 opening pigeon loft (3 blocked) with alighting ledge, C18, 4-light casement, C20, 2-light casement, C18 fixed 2-light casement; ground floor: 3 windows, entrance to left under gabled canopy; to right: 2-light C20 casement with square label, early C17, 5- light ovolo mullion and transom window with square label and small fixed casement in blocked entrance. Interior: 2 rooms to east divided by a stud- and-plank partition, studs lightly moulded, enclosure to south porch also of stud-and-plank: original doorhead to west spiral staircase. Barn: large entry for carts, loft door to right above a 4-light unglazed window with chamfered mullions. South elevation partially rebuilt C19 in brick. Interior: doorhead in east wall, similar to that in opposite side inside house, over blocked opening and timber lintel over blocked fireplace, indicating that the house was originally longer. (RCHM 1, p 57, no 17).

Listing NGR: SO2874741918