Beversbrook Farmhouse

HILMARTON CALNE ROAD SU 07 SW (west side) 9/230 Beversbrook Farmhouse II Farmhouse, c1850 by Henry Weaver for Poynder estate, ashlar fronted rubble stone with stone slate eaves roof and paired ashlar end stacks. Two storeys, three-window range, Tudor/Jacobean style with stone-mullion windows and hoodmoulds, picturesque small Jacobean shaped gable over centre window and barge-boarded gables over outer windows. Three first floor 2-light windows, centre with blank shield over and carved head stops to gable coping. Ground floor has projecting embattled square bays each side with angle buttresses and 3-light windows, and similar but further projecting centre embattled porch with four-centre arched door, hoodmould and parapet stepped above. Four-centre arched door with original ironwork within. A single storey north addition with end stack has projected gabled centre with barge boards and large 1:3:1-light mullion-and-transom canted bay. Roundel over. Two parallel rear wings, red brick with stone dressings, south front with two window range of mullion windows and lean-to porch in angle with Tudor door within. Main house has picturesque timber bellcote behind ridge. Henry Weaver was agent to the Poynder estate and designed this house for his own use.

Listing NGR: SU0086273579