Bulford Mill House

House. The earliest parts of the house likely date back to the 16th century or earlier, with extensions added in the early 19th century. It is constructed with timber framing, plastered walls, and roofs covered in handmade red plain tiles, gault brick in Flemish bond, and slate. The original section comprises three bays aligned northeast-southwest, with two axial stacks. An early 19th-century range was added to the southwest, facing southwest, forming an L-plan with two internal stacks. Further extensions in the 20th century occupy the eastern angle.

The southwest elevation has a symmetrical three-window range of early 19th-century sash windows, each with sixteen lights, set within shallow segmental arches of gauged brick. The central entrance has paired three-panel doors with fielded panels, Tuscan columns recessed in the jambs, and a segmental fanlight with radial tracery in a gauged brick arch. There are four stone steps leading to the entrance. The roof is hipped with shallow pitch and overhanging eaves.

The north-facing elevation of the original building, facing the road, features one 18th-century sash window on the ground floor and two on the first floor, alongside a 20th-century door. The roof is half-hipped on the right. The side elevation of the early 19th-century range includes one sash window similar to those on the front elevation on the ground floor, and two blocked or dummy window openings on the first floor. A flush six-panel door is present, with a simple canopy supported on slender columns.

Inside the original block, the southwest bay showcases heavy, plain joists of a horizontal section. Between the middle and northeast bays, a heavy studded partition is exposed on the ground floor. The northeast bay has a chamfered axial beam with run-out stops, with joists plastered to the soffits and supported on pegged clamps. Both internal tiebeams have been cut to accommodate inserted doorways, and the walls were raised in the 18th century. Elsewhere, the timber framing is concealed by plaster, but is thought to remain intact.

The early 19th-century block includes a full-length rear passage with an original door and fanlight at the southeast end, a central entrance/stair hall, and an original staircase with stick balusters and a wreathed moulded handrail with an unusual spiral termination. One room is located on each side of the hall, each with a rear fireplace. An early 20th-century bow window has been inserted into the flank wall of the lower right room.