Bishops Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Warwickshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1953. Farmhouse.
Bishops Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- quartered-foundation-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Warwickshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1953
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bishops Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early to mid-16th century, with a 20th-century panel and porch that is dated 1521. The building is timber-framed, featuring close studding with middle rails and plastered infill set on a high sandstone plinth. The rear wing has been largely rebuilt in brick. It has an old plain-tile roof and a central brick stack, arranged in a baffle-entry T-plan with a wing at the rear. The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a three-window range.
There is a later timber-framed open-fronted porch with a gabled plain-tile roof, and it contains 20th-century double-leaf doors. The windows are mostly 20th-century leaded casements, primarily of three lights. The brickwork below the ground-floor windows features painted sham framing. On the first floor, there is a four-light casement on the left, with additional casements to the right and in the right corner. The left return side has four-light casements, and the gables have two-light casements, with the right gable being plastered. The rear of the building is irregular in appearance.
Inside, a room in the rear wing has an open fireplace and a chamfered ceiling beam, along with old plank doors. The room to the left of the entrance is noted for its early 17th-century panelling, a fireplace with an eared architrave, and an overmantel featuring two panels with S-carved terminal figures, said to be dated 1621. According to the Victoria County History, the room to the right has a large open fireplace and a beamed ceiling.
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