Brimslade Farmhouse

Brimslade Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 16th to 17th century, with some 18th-century alterations. The ground floor is constructed of brick, while the upper floor features timber framing clad with tile hanging, topped by a tiled roof. The building has two storeys, cellars, and attics. The south front has an original formal entrance with seven bays, highlighted by a three-storey central projecting porch that is open and panelled on the ground floor, providing access to a pair of panelled and glazed doors. The facade includes four-pane sash windows from the 19th century and large gables flanking the porch. The west end has developed into a cross wing with a central stack and a room on the projecting part at the rear north side. The north side shows some exposed timber framing with brick noggings. There is a triple roof extension at the east end, featuring an early 19th-century bay to the south, and a long service wing on the north side.

Inside, the central three-bay hall has 17th-century panelling and an added stack. The early to mid-18th-century staircase features bolection moulded dado in the stair tower opposite the porch. The drawing room to the west of the hall has bolection moulded panelling and a 20th-century fireplace, while the dining room to the east also displays 18th-century panelling with a chair rail and cornice. The south-west room on the first floor boasts full-height 17th-century panelling, complete with a pilastered and gadrooned overmantel bearing the arms of Seymour. A small upper parlour in the east extension retains complete 17th-century panelling, panelled doors, and window shutters. Other first-floor rooms are also panelled. The house features a tenoned purlin roof and retains some original 18th-century and early 19th-century iron casements with original glass. There is a 17th-century staircase with turned balusters in the east extension, and the cellars are partly filled. Historically, the house was the residence of Sir Edward Ernle and was situated in parkland in the late 18th century, complete with a railed forecourt, a landscaped canal, and formal gardens to the east, as depicted in the Andrews and Dury map of 1773.