Church Farmhouse

1. 5118 BITTON CHURCH ROAD (east side) ST 6869 15/120 Church Farmhouse II* GV 2. Reputedly the oldest house in the village. Mediaeval origins, remodelled mid-C19 externally and internally in C17. In 2 parts, 2 storeys rubble with slate roofs. Left hand part older with 2 large buttresses, 'L'-plan with irregular windows. On first floor one 3-light chamfered mullion window (left hand buttress cut away to accommodate it). Two later windows on ground floor (one sash, one casement). Door to left (incorporating an oak surround). Right hand section set back, 2 windows 2 and 3-light casements with cambered heads. Lean-to porch in angle. Gabled rear wing of left portion has door and squint slit. Interior: the principal feature is a 2-light late C12/early C13 window (now internal) on east wall of main part of left portion, the mullion is patterned, possibly formerly projecting chevrons since rounded off. The principal ground floor room of the left portion has very heavy beams and a wide fireplace with chamfered wood surround of the C18. Stairs at angle with rear wing. Stud partition between rear wing and back of main portion, studs and rails chamfered; one original C17 oak door surround with reeded moulding dying into ogee stop at base, door has decorative strap hinges. This house was the former manor house of the village.

Listing NGR: ST6817069411