Caswell House, Caswell Farmhouse And Attached Outbuilding

Caswell House, now divided into two dwellings, dates from approximately 1500, with alterations in the 17th century and an early 19th-century addition to the centre. The early 19th-century section is constructed of squared and coursed limestone, with a hipped Welsh slate roof and brick end stacks. The building follows an L-shaped plan, with a late 15th-century wing extending to the rear left.

The early 19th-century block is two storeys high, arranged symmetrically as a three-window range. It features flat stone arches over a plank door with a Gothic-style porch, tripartite sash windows, and first-floor six-pane sash windows. Gable ends of the late 15th-century wings flank the front, each with a two-window range and early 19th-century sashes. These have hood moulds over hollow-chamfered pointed- and round-arched late 15th-century lights. A short wing to the right, constructed of uncoursed limestone rubble with a gabled stone slate roof, is two bays wide. A long wing of similar materials, with an ashlar end stack, extends to the left. The right side wall of this wing has 2- and 3-light leaded casements. An early 19th-century six-panelled door with an overlight, set in an early 19th-century stone porch, leads into a 17th-century two-storey gabled porch adjoining the front range. A 17th/18th-century outshut is situated next to a 19th-century plank door set in a 17th-century chamfered segmental-arched stone surround. The left side wall of the left wing has a projecting, two-storey central bay with a hipped roof. It contains a timber lintel over a doorway with late 16th/17th-century moulded stone jambs to the left, and a late 15th-century two-light hollow-chamfered round-arched window to the right. To the right is a late 15th-century offset buttress, and one 4-light and four 2-light windows of similar late 15th-century design.

Inside the left wing, the ground floor has chamfered beams, and an inserted moulded beam is found in a first-floor front room. Early 17th-century panelling exists within the closet over the porch. A late 15th-century three-light hollow-chamfered stone mullioned window is present in the right side wall. The roof, a 7-bay structure, features a late 15th-century scissor truss of heavy timbering to the front, and collar trusses to the rear, all with butt purlins and arched windbraces. The outbuilding to the left of the front has a late 15th-century stone wall with a blocked 4-centred doorway and a quatrefoil light. The house occupies a medieval moated site. The scissor truss resembles that found at The Old Rectory, Standlake. In the early 17th century, Caswell Farm was the residence of Sir Francis Wenman, a friend of Lucius Lord Falkland of Great Tew.