Bridge House And Bedlam

This is an 18th-century house, known as Bridge House and Bedlam, located on the west side of Brick Hill in Hook Norton. The building is constructed of roughly-coursed ironstone rubble with a Welsh slate roof, and has two brick end stacks. It has an L-shaped layout and three storeys, originally featuring a three-window front. A 20th-century porch with columns and a flat roof has been added to the left side of the entrance, above which is an overlight with geometric glazing bars. The door is panelled. The windows are sash windows with stone voussoirs and keystones on all floors. A rear extension, possibly of earlier date, is three-storeys high and has two entrances. The rear extension contains a mix of 18th-century and 20th-century sash windows. The interior of the building has not been inspected. In about 1850, Bridge House was recorded as a licensed asylum for paying patients, as noted by Dickins in his 1928 history of Hook Norton.