Barrow Court Farmhouse

TICKENHAM C.P. CLEVEDON ROAD (north side) ST 47 SW 3/105 Barrow Court Farmhouse - II

Farmhouse. Late C15 origin, partly damaged by fire, with C19 and C20 alterations and additions. Rubble with large sandstone quoins and limestone dressings, rendered frontand left return and rear, pantiled roof with ridge stack (roof level slightly higher to right) and gable stacks. 2 storeys, 2 bays to left have C20 2-light casement with segmental head at ground and first floor and central door; 3 bays to right have 3-light C19 casement at ground and first floor, one similar left and right at ground floor, central C20 gabled porch and door, to left a stilted arched blocked door opening with moulded edge. Left return has attached 1 1/2 storey outhouse with garage doors in gable end; right return has large plate-glass window and door to left, first floor right has 2-light casement with decorative iron loop catches and external shutters, attic has 2-light casement with decorative iron loop catches and external shutters, attic has 2-light stone window with cusped heads, C20 lean-to attached to rear right with waney-edged boarding. Rear has catslide roof, large stack (formerly external lateral) to left and C20 dormer to right, small lean-to to left and single light to right, stack to right. Interior: substantially altered in C20, to rear a stone pointed arched doorway with double studded doors with strap hinges, similar chamfered arched opening to left, similar door with glazed panel inset. (Sources: W.I. survey : A Short History of The Village of Tickenham 1933. Byrchmore, Rev. J. : Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Collections - a parochial history of Tickenham 1895).

Listing NGR: ST4472971986