Stalls Farmhouse

HORNINGSHAM LONGLEAT PARK ST 84 SW (north side) 2/142 Stalls Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse to model farm. 1859 by W. Wilkinson for the 4th Marquess of Bath. Dressed limestone, tiled gabled roof, brick stacks with ashlar cappings. Two storey, 2-windowed; casements. Central 4- panelled door with transom light, 2-light casement either side with chamfered segmental heads. First floor has 2-light casement and 1- light casement with gablet over doorway. Right return has 2-light casement to ground floor and two 2-light casements to first floor, double gabled roof. Left return has 2-light casements to left, outshut to right with 2-light casement. Rear has 2-light casements and planked door. Attached to right is dairy, gable end to road with two 18-pane segmental-headed sashes with sliding louvred shutters, loophole vent over, deep eaves. Left return facing house has 4-panelled door, right return has three segmental-headed 12- pane sashes, rear has two 18-pane sashes with sliding shutters as front. Interior of house has 4-panelled doors and stick balusters to central stairs. Until recently (1980s), the dairy had a water fountain to facilitate a cool atmosphere; a well designed example. (An isometric view appears in J. Bailey-Denton, The Farm Homesteads of England, 1863.)

Listing NGR: ST8064043911