Manor Farmhouse

NETHERAVON OLD DEVIZES ROAD SU 14 NW 9/112 Manor Farmhouse II Farmhouse. Mid C18. Brick, tile roof. Two storeys and attics, 3 x 3 bays. West front has three gables, the centre one wider and slightly set forward, probably with original entrance on ground floor, now replaced with window. Plat band. Small C19 porch in right bay. Gables scrolled at base, with moulded stone copings. Windows stone-mullioned and framed, transomes to rear windows. Windows in gables oval, also stone framed. Side and rear elevations have one central pediment with blind oval windows in side, Diocletian window in rear. Late C18-early C19 bay extension on rear, and late C19 roughcast block added on north. Porch door, oak, C16-C17, brought from house in Imber. Interior: stair on south side with tall stair window. Iron fire plate of Sun Fire Office. The farm had, until c1978, an impressive range of large timber framed thatched barns such as described by Cobbett Rural Rides (1830), demolished by M.O.D. There was also a furze house, demolished earlier. (Wilts Folklife I, No 2 (Sept 1977.))

Listing NGR: SU1434748347