Countess Farmhouse And Front Garden Walls

AMESBURY COUNTESS ROAD SU 14 SE (west side)

6/32 Countess Farmhouse and front garden walls (formerly listed as Avondale School)

GV II Farmhouse. Early-mid C17, extended in late C18. Mixed English bond brickwork with tiled roofs. Two storeys and cellar, four structural bays. Two parallel blocks, the rear block earlier and partly refaced. Main elevation on second, c1800 block, of 3 bays. Central 6-panelled door with fanlight, within C19 trellis porch. Tripartite 12-pane sashes to ground floor with gauged brick lintels with keystones and cambered soffits. Nine-pane sashes to first floor. Brick dentilled eaves. Two brick stacks on rear wall, now valley gutter. Earlier rear block has irregular fenestration. Large gable stacks. C19 dairy added on south end, with hipped roof. Interior of earlier block has deep chamfered spine beams and C18 eared fire surround to north end room. Roof of 2 tiers of clasped purlins with cambered collars. Front block has early C19 fireplaces. Front elevation has curved cob walls approximately 2.8m high extended to enclose front garden, and meeting stable-barn block (q.v.) to south at a pedestrian gate.

Listing NGR: SU1532742143