Bannal'S Farmhouse And Adjoining Hop Kilns

STOKE BLISS CP BANNAL'S LANE (east side) SO 66 SW 6/40 Bannal's Farmhouse and adjoining hop kilns 6.10.52 (formerly listed as Bannal's)

GV II

Farmhouse and adjoining hop kilns. Mid-C18 with late C19 and mid-C20 altera- tions. Part rubble with brick dressings, part brick and part timber-framed, possibly re-using earlier materials, with brick infill; partly hipped plain tiled roofs. L-shaped plan; main range of two bays aligned east/west and having external rubble chimney with brick stack at west end. Long intersect- ing range at east end with external north end chimney. Also large rubble addition in north-west angle between these two ranges with large external rubble chimney to west. Two storeys, attic and cellar. Framing: some of the timber appears to be re-used from a much earlier building and is exposed to south of main range. Two rows of square panels at first floor level. Also some framing exposed on east side. Main south elevation: main range has a ground floor canted bay window with casements, a 3-light and a 2-light first floor casement and a central entrance with a gabled canopy, moulded architrave and six-panelled door. (The two uppermost panels are glazed). Attic light at west end. The two hopkilns are situated at the south end of the intersect- ing range. Brick on brick and rubble base with gabled slate roofs and louvred saddle ridge vents. Square plans. Three levels. The south elevation of each kiln has a ground floor level and first floor level square opening and a second floor level rectangular opening. Interior: the drying floors are said to survive in the hop kilns. There is a moated site immediately to the west of the farmhouse and it is probable that the re-used timber in the farmhouse walling came from an earlier dwelling on this site. (VCH, IV, P 349).

Listing NGR: SO6443263705