Wyddial Bury And Attached Range Of Ornamental Farm Buildings Facing The Church

This is a house with an attached range of ornamental farm buildings, dating back to the early to mid-16th century. The original north wing of the house was constructed around 1500, followed by a south range built around 1600. A late 17th-century southern extension, possibly a brewhouse, was added later, along with a 19th-century addition to the south end. The north and west portions of the building were refaced with brick in the mid-19th century, and a small west wing was added to the south range. A range of farm buildings was added to the east end of the north wing in 1867, commissioned by the Heaton-Ellis family, and features a stone shield with two badges in relief and the inscription “E HE 1867” on its north side.

The north wing is timber-framed and roughcast on the east and north sides, although the frame of the brewhouse is exposed on the west. The house’s south side is red brick with white dressings and polychrome facing, with painted brick below. A jetty extends along the north side. The building is roofed with steep, old red tile roofs. The original house was a two-story, jettied structure with three cells, likely facing north onto a road, with a cross passage probably on the west side of the central stack and a service room beyond the hall to the east. A 1½-story, south-facing kitchen range was added behind the stack, with an unheated room south of the stack. A tall brewhouse was added to the south end, now with a single-story brick building with a gable chimney beyond, and two catslide-roofed extensions on the east side of the brewhouse, varying in projection. The main entrance is from the east, into the north end of the south range. A later gabled porch and a two-story window were added to the east side.

The north front is jettied and features two 2-light flush casement windows on the first floor. Corresponding windows with chamfered jambs are found on the ground floor, alongside three small single windows. The brick west front features lozenge decoration and white brick quoins, with two two-story gabled projections, cusped bargeboards with pendants, and two-light recessed casement windows with chamfered openings and labels over. A tall cruciform chimney has octagonal shafts. The east side has 19th-century casement windows, a plank door, and an 8/8 sash window to a dormer.

The decorative farm buildings are constructed from white brick with red brick bands, quoins, diaper decoration, and eaves corbels, all under a steep slate roof. A long, single-story, J-shaped range runs alongside the road, facing south into the yard, but is decorated on its north side, facing the church. It features wall paneling with an offset plinth and pilasters, broken by a gabled carriageway near the west end, and two gabled bays. A buttressed granary terminates the range to the east. The house appears to have been extended into the north end of the range.