Frith Farmhouse,And Bakehouse At South East

ST 78 NW YATE FRITH LANE (north side)

4/239 Frith Farmhouse, and Bakehouse 17.9.52 at south east - II*

Farmhouse. Late C17, possibly incorporating an earlier building. Rubble; plain tiled roof; rubble stacks. L-plan, with entry direct into the central hall. 2 storeys, cellar and attics in stone gables. 2:3 (in projecting, canted 2 storey and attic porch with hipped roof): 2 bays; C19 marginal glazing bar sash windows and C20 casement windows, which resemble sashes; most under cornice. Cross windows to west gable. Central C20 door. Single storey rubble bakehouse projects at right (south east). Interior: hall, parlour and dairy fireplaces are constructed of neatly coursed rubble and are segmental on plan; stop chamfered beams; doors and hall have bolection moulded surrounds, passage and dairy doors have ovolo moulded surrounds; very fine dog-leg staircase with panelled newel posts, twisted balusters, carved pendants and finials; first floor, C17 panelling from the hall forms a passage, chamfered door frames; attic, reused members and extended collar beam trusses; decorative panel of rose and 4 fleur-de-lys within a lozenge on stack. A very good, although somewhat altered, example of a high class gabled vernacular/gentry house, built for a surgeon who never occupied the property. (Hall, L, Rural Houses of North Avon and South Gloucestershire, 1983).

Listing NGR: ST7178287361