St Swithin'S Farmhouse

ST 58 SE ALMONDSBURY CRIBB'S CAUSEWAY (south side)

11/23 St. Swithin's Farmhouse 21.10.52 G.V. II

Farmhouse, now house. C17, remodelled and extended c.1840. Coursed rubble, stone dressings, slate roof with gable stacks. L-plan. 2 storeys and attic, 3 windows, all 4-light casements with 4-centred arched heads in timber surround with relieving arch and drip mould, central porch has door in similar surround and lancet windows at sides, attic has 3 dormers with 2-light casements of same design, barge boards with pierced trefoils, spike finials and pendants, single storey wing to south with external gable stack. North side has door in moulded surround, large 9-light window with leaded lights under relieving arch and drip mould and 6-light oriel on 5 brackets with trefoil heads and roundels in spandrels, wooden eaves cornice. Rear wing has remains of (possibly reset) 4-centred arched window, hood mould with stops. Interior: formerly through passage plan. 2 C17 plank doors with strap hinges. C19 Gothic staircase and stone fireplace in stair hall. Reputed to contain remains of mediaeval chapel on or near site.

Listing NGR: ST5844581624