Gedges Farmhouse Including Wall Forming North East Boundary Of The Garden

Farmhouse. Dating to the early 19th century, with a late 19th-century extension, and further extensions and internal refurbishment in 1987. The farmhouse is constructed of Flemish bond brick, with a slate roof and brick stacks.

The original plan was double depth, two rooms wide, with an entrance on the north side leading to a passage where the staircase rises. The principal rooms face north, with a service room, likely originally a kitchen and butler’s pantry, on the rear right, and a morning room facing east on the rear left. The garden entrance on the east side now opens directly into the morning room, but probably originally led to the passage. The original 19th-century layout remains largely intact, although room usage has changed, and some doors and partitions have been altered. In the late 19th century, a rear (south) L-shaped extension was added, likely to expand the service rooms. This extension is in a sympathetic style with sash windows. A 1987 conservatory has been added to the rear left (southeast) corner. A 19th-century brick boundary wall encloses the garden and is included in the listing.

The north front has a symmetrical three-bay facade, with a plinth and deep eaves supported by paired eaves brackets. A six-panel front door, dating to the early 19th century, is recessed and flanked by six-pane fixed windows. A 20th-century now-headed porch with projecting hood carried on plain columns provides shelter. All the early 19th-century windows have rubbed brick voussoirs. The first floor has three 12-pane sashes, and the ground floor has two similar sashes set in round-headed recesses with rubbed brick arches, the recesses descending to ground level. The east return of the house has three bays, plus a fourth bay added in the late 19th century at the south end. A central early 19th-century doorway has a 20th-century half-glazed outer door and a gabled porch hood supported by shaped brackets. The inner door has a fanlight with spoke glazing bars. Flanking the front door are two late 19th or early 20th-century canted bay windows with hipped roofs and transomed windows. A change in brickwork marks the late 19th-century addition at the south end, which features a similar 12-pane sash window and a 1987 door below. A 20th-century conservatory was added at the south end. The west elevation has one late 19th/early 20th-century canted bay, mirroring those on the east, and various 19th and 20th-century small-pane sash windows. A 20th-century door is located on the right (south). It has a hipped roof.

Interior features include surviving early 19th-century joinery, such as doors with reeded doorcases, and a stick baluster staircase with a wreathed mahogany handrail.