Range Of Buildings Immediately North And West Of Home Farm House

A range of farm buildings dating from the late 19th century, constructed around a quadrangle open to the south-east corner. The complex incorporates byres, stabling, and a barn, and was designed for H.C. Stephens M.P. with a central gateway created by Crickmay and Sons. The buildings are primarily constructed of unknapped flint and chalk cob with brick dressings and plinths, and roofs of early asbestos cement slates or double Roman clay tiles.

The main range faces north and features a central gateway with a timber-framed gable above, incorporating a diagonal brick nogging in the lower panels and rendering. Six bays flank the gateway on either side, each with raised roof sections for ventilation and ornamental tiles, plus a band of original patent glazing on the south side. A projecting gable to the north-east corner includes a doorway and segmental-arched door. A lower chalk cob building with a hipped plain clay tiled roof projects from the north-west corner, connected by a 55-metre length of cob walling with a sloped tile capping that extends westwards.

On the south side of the north range, beyond the central throughway, are several doorways. A door with an A-centre-arched moulded surround and boarded door is located in the north-west corner. Adjacent to it is a three-light mullioned store window. The east range is of cob construction with a double Roman tiled roof, with a raised central section featuring a half-hipped roof. This section has a wide three-centre-arched doorway above which is a nine-light transomed casement, finished with weatherboarding. Three bays on each side of this crosswing feature matching casement windows and doorways with fanlights.

The west range consists of open byres with a two-section roof; the northern half is slightly raised and features collared queen-post roof trusses with a wind-braced frame and double Roman tiles. The southern section has a similar framing style but with red asbestos cement slate coverings. The south range incorporates raised floors on a flint and brick plinth, with plain collar-truss roofs and timber boarded walls. A brick-walled extension under a catslide roof is attached to the north side. While the buildings may not all be of uniform date, they were clearly planned to utilize varied materials and forms to create an overall picturesque effect. An undated drawing of the north gateway, signed and held in the Wiltshire Record Office (Cat. No. 1894 Ser. 42 M), exists.