Preston Bagot Farmhouse

PRESTON BAGOT

SP16NE WARWICK ROAD 1457-1/2/90 (North side (off)) Preston Bagot Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. c1820 with later alterations. Reddish-brown brick in Flemish bond with Welsh slate roof. Central hallway plan with double range to rear. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 3 first-floor windows. End pilaster strips. Central entrance: part-glazed 4-panel door with overlight within doorcase of Tuscan pilasters, frieze, cornice and stylized pediment. Outer windows are 8/8 sashes, to first-floor the centre window is a 6/6 sash, all under flat arches, those to ground floor are channelled; sills. Stepped eaves band. Gabled roof. Ridge stacks. Farmers' Union firemark to left gable end. INTERIOR: 6-panel doors to front part, board doors to rear. Shutters to front windows. Beams to most rooms, to rear some are chamfered with ogee stops, to front mainly boxed. To front left room, ground floor, a fireplace with decorative corbels, first floor has cast-iron fireplaces. Narrow open-well staircase has short stick balusters. Forms a group with Stables and Cart Sheds (qv) and Threshing Barn (qv).

Listing NGR: SP1759565504