Bridge House

Bridge House is a farmhouse, now a house, located in Buildwas. It likely dates from the late 16th century, with significant additions and alterations made primarily in the early 19th century. The building is timber framed with plaster infill and has machine tile roofs. The original structure is a T-plan, consisting of a three-bay hall with a cross-wing to the right. An additional two-bay gabled brick range was added at a right angle to the left in the early 19th century.

The house has two storeys and attics, featuring small square panels in the framing, with six panels from the cill to the wall-plate and hewn jettying to the gable on the first floor. The fenestration is irregular in the 16th-century part, with 20th-century metal casements below the eaves on both sides and a full gabled dormer in between. There is a three-light casement on the lower left and a nail-studded door to the right, along with one four-light casement on each floor of the cross-wing. The left gable has two glazing bar sashes on the ground and first floors, plus one in the attic, all with segmental heads. A prominent red brick ridge stack with three attached shafts of star section is located to the right of the hall range. The gables, including that of the dormer, feature late 19th-century fretted bargeboards.

Inside, the timber frame remains largely intact, with chamfered ceiling beams throughout that have straight-cut chamfer stops, and a collar and tie beam roof.