Baytree House

SO 86 SW OMBERSLEY CP UPHAMPTON

3/157 Baytree House

-

GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Probably C17 enlargement of C16 house, with mid- C19 and mid-C20 alterations and additions. Timber-framed with painted brick and rendered infill, sandstone rubble plinth, plain tile roof, external brick stack with offsets at rear of centre, also external brick stack at left gable end. U-shaped plan; main range of four framed bays, including former through-passage bay; framed bay at rear right end and rebuilt brick bay at rear left end; single storey, attic with dormers and cellar. Framing: three square panels from sill to wall-plate, short straight braces in upper corners and tie-beam trusses with two collars and queen struts, and V-struts in apex. Front elevation: three gabled dormers and four windows on ground floor; two 3-light and two 2-light casements with plank weatherings, three gabled dormers with 2-light casements; previous entrance in narrow bay, second from left, now blocked and having an inserted 2-light casement; present main entrance in left side elevation of rear brick bay through a C20 door. Interior: main beam stop-chamfered; large sandstone inglenook in 'hall' bay. The rear timber-framed bay has irregular framing and is two storeys and attic and of possible earlier date.

Listing NGR: SO8358464497