Lower Betton Farmhouse And Flanking Stable Blocks

Lower Betton Farmhouse and the flanking stable blocks are located in Berrington and are constructed from red brick with some grey sandstone ashlar dressings, topped with a two-span plain tile roof. The central farmhouse is a three-storey structure with a three-bay front, flanked by two one-storey and attic pavilions that are set back and consist of two bays each. The overall design follows a 2:1:3:1:2 bay rhythm.

The farmhouse features a dentil brick eaves cornice, parapeted gable ends, and pairs of external brick end stacks. The three bays include segmental-headed three-light wooden casements from the mid to late 19th century, with transoms on the ground and first floors. The central entrance door has six flush panels, a three-part rectangular overlight, a moulded architrave, and a flat hood supported by cut brackets, likely with later wrought iron brackets. The rear of the house has three bays, with a ground floor lean-to and a central segmental-headed boarded door.

Each pavilion has a dentil brick eaves cornice at the rear, parapeted gable ends, and a stone-coped pedimented gable end at the front. The two bays of each pavilion feature a central oculus in the attic with glazing bars and a stone architrave, and the ground floor has depressed-arched blind arcading with stone impost blocks. The south pavilion includes an integral brick end stack and a one-storey link block to the house with a three-light segmental-headed casement. The north pavilion has a one-storey link block to the house and a later lean-to addition to the east. Both pavilions have two-leaf stable doors at the rear and stone tallet steps at the gable ends leading up to segmental-headed boarded loft doors.

The interior of the farmhouse has not been inspected but is likely to contain interesting late 18th-century fittings. This building presents a surprisingly ambitious formal composition for what is otherwise a conventional 18th-century farmhouse.