Fowlswick Farmhouse

CHIPPENHAM WITHOUT FOWLSWICK LANE ST 87 NE 3/219 Fowlswick Farmhouse 20.12.60 II

Farmhouse, late Medieval to C17, rubble stone with stone-tiled roof. Earliest range to east with coped east gable, east end wall ashlar stack and ashlar west end ridge stack, one-and-a-half storeys with 2 dormer gables to north front and recessed ovolo- moulded stone-mullion windows with hoodmoulds, 2-light to dormer gables, 3-light below and central moulded flush doorcase with date 1679 and hoodmould. Rear has single dormer gable with 2-light window and hoodmould over 3-light window with hoodmould with door and C20 plate glass window to left. Adjoining on north front, projecting 2 storey and attic cross-wing with coped gable and north end stack. Ovolo-moulded mullion windows with hoodmoulds, 3-light to first floor east side, single light to north end attic, 2-light to first floor and small C19 canted bay with glazing bar sashes below. Adjoining to right, another gable, similar size, slightly recessed, with coped gable and north end stack. Single light attic window, 2-light first floor and ground floor windows with hoodmoulds. West end gable with 2-light attic window and 3-light first floor window, both with hoodmoulds, and ground floor lean-to with doors to north and south ends. Rear of this range has ashlar ridge stack, 3-light and 2-light upper windows without hoods, 3- light ground floor window with hoodmould and C20 stone-tiled glazed lean-to in angle to original range. Roof is swept up at right end to meet gable of original range with small 12-pane attic window in half-hipped truncated gable. Interior: East end range in former open hall with 2 arch-braced base cruck trusses and massive east end chimney breast stepped 7 times between first floor and gable. Inserted floor has 2 bar- stopped chamfered spine beams. West room has large chamfered and stopped spine beams. A moated site recorded as a manor of Malmesbury Abbey from the C13.

Listing NGR: ST8824175740