Gaydon Manor Farmhouse

Manor house, now a farmhouse, with probable late 16th-century origins, but largely dated 1673. It has undergone alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. The main range is built of regular coursed lias stone with ironstone dressings, while the left part of that range was largely rebuilt in the 19th century using brick. The roof is of old tile, hipped to the cross wing, which has an 18th-century brick internal stack; the main range has 19th-century brick ridge and internal stacks to the rear. The house has a complex T-plan, with a cross wing to the right. It is two storeys and an attic, with a three-window main range and a one-window wing. An 18th-century four-panelled door with an overlight is set within an angle. A 20th-century open porch has been added. The front has stone, recessed, chamfered mullioned windows of four lights to the ground floor and three lights above. A large, 20th-century, two-storey, two-light wood casement window with three transoms is found on the wing, set within a brick surround and under a concrete lintel. A similar window is on the left return side of the wing, alongside four and three-light mullioned windows in the angle. On the left return side of the main range, a reconstructed three-light mullioned window is present. A brick first floor displays a datestone with a moulded oval panel bearing the initials M.A., twisted pilasters, a projecting cornice, and a steep broken pediment. A three-light attic casement completes the front elevation. The irregular rear features a gable.

Inside, a 17th-century staircase with turned balusters, square newel posts with bail finials, and a moulded handrail has been recorded in the Victoria County History. The south-west room and kitchen have heavy, stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. The kitchen includes an open fireplace with winder stairs beside it, leading from the entrance hall. The parlour contains a moulded stone fireplace and reset late 16th-century panelling with a fluted frieze. Another room has an arched doorway, along with large open fireplaces and ceiling beams. A two-storey room in the wing features 18th-century bolection panelling and panelled shutters; a first-floor room has an 18th-century moulded angle fireplace, and another room contains a cupboard door with cock's head hinges. The house was once the home of the Askell family.