Middle Farmhouse And Adjoining Outbuildings

BECKFORD CP GRAFTON SO 9837 - 9937 Middle Farmhouse and 11/44 adjoining outbuildings GV II

Farmhouse and adjoining outbuildings. Late C18 with mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble with plain tiled roofs and brick left end and central ridge stack. T-plan; main range of three bays aligned north/south and having a central chimney and lobby entrance; four-bay wing adjoins north end. Two storeys and attic with dormers. West front elevation: main part has two ground floor 3-light and two first floor 2-light C19 casements. There are two gabled dormers with 2-light casements. Central entrance has a door with six raised and fielded panels. North wing is probably a former dairy and/or granary. Its west gable end has a 2-light ground floor window (one light has wood latticing, the other is leaded) and a blind first floor and attic window. There is a first floor 3-light and 2-light casement and a door in the angle with the main part. Adjoining the south gable end of the main part is a two-storey addition with a 2-light casement on both floors and also a door; the ground floor openings have cambered heads and are enclosed within a C20 lean-to glazed porch. The rear bay of the north wing is partly timber-framed with brick infill; there are three rows of panels from sill to wall-plate and it has collar and tie-beam roof trusses.

Listing NGR: SO9865137185