Dairy House

BERWICK ST. JAMES HIGH STREET SU 03 NE (east side) 3/3 Dairy House GV II Farmhouse. Mid C17, C18 and mid C19. Dressed limestone, flint, tiled or Welsh slate roof, brick stacks. 'L'-plan; C17 range gable end to road. Two-storey, 4-window; sashes to front. Four- panelled door in moulded architrave with flat wooden hood on brackets to left, 3-light casement, blocked doorway and 12-pane flush sash to mid C19 range to right. First floor has 2-light cast-iron casement over door, 3-light casement in former recessed chamfered mullioned window, single-light casement and 12-pane sash to right. Left return is mainly flint; 4-light C20 casement and glazed door to ground floor, three 2-light cast-iron casements to first floor. Rear of front range has two 12-pane sashes to ground floor of cob wall, C17 wing has cast-iron casements to return and gable end with cast-iron casement to ground floor, single-light ovolo-moulded casement to first floor and 3-light ovolo-mullioned casement with hoodmould to attic, coped verge with saddleback coping and broken finial. Interior has deep chamfered beam with ogee stops and open fireplace in lateral position with chamfered lintel on stone jambs. to C17 range, first floor has some timber-framed partitions, planked or 2- panelled doors and herringbone brick panel on north wall, the remains of open fireplace. (Unpublished records of RCHM (England), Salisbury)

Listing NGR: SU0715939073