Mudgedown Farmhouse

ST 68 NE IRON ACTON WOTTON ROAD (off) (west side)

1/34 Mudgedown Farmhouse 17.9.52 G.V. II*

Farmhouse. Mid - C17. Rubble, plain concrete tiles. T-plan, central passage, extended. 2½ storeys, attic in 3 gables, 3 windows, all 2, 3 and 4- light casements with ovolo-moulded mullions (the 4-light windows have king mullions) under plain label moulds; central 2 storey gabled porch projects, windows on all faces at first floor (side) now blocked, heavily moulded door frame with Tudor arch has later door, studded front door within in similar frame with ornate stops. Rear elevation and wing are gabled as front, at north is a gabled C20 porch, to south a large lean-to extension. South end has a gable stack and 2 cross windows. Interior: many original door frames remain, a fine set, all ovolo-moulded and with different highly decorated stops; chamfered and ovolo-moulded beams and fireplace lintel; open well staircase at back of passage is altered and may be stripped of balusters to present form with plain rails below grip hand rail and above decorated string; extended collar trusses in attic. (Source: Linda Hall : The Rural Houses of North Avon and South Gloucestershire : 1400-1720 : 1983).

Listing NGR: ST6840585060