Bowhill Farmhouse

BRADNINCH ST 00 SW 12/2 - Bowhill Farmhouse

• II Former farmhouse. C17 and early C19. Cob, stone plinth, plastered, under gabled- end slate roof, with black brick shaft to end stacks. To the 2 higher-end rooms of a former 3-room, through-passage plan house has been added an early C19 set of rooms which together form a double-depth plan The lower-end of the old range survives and connects with a C19 wing, which now forms part of the Duchy of Cornwall Office. 2 storeys. Front: symmetrical front to C19 work, 3-window range; hornless sashes throughout, 4 panes per sash to 1st floor windows, 6 with margin panes to window on either side of central doorway. A C19 verandah extends across the whole, glazed roof on iron struts. Set back to the right is the earlier range with lower roof line, 2 storeys, 3 window range of C20 3- and 4-light casements. Interior of old range with right-hand end fireplace, chamfered beams and an C18 door; also an unusual C18 or early C19 glazed partition (with crown glass) runs parallel to the front wall of the lower-end, as if to light a workshop, but with access to no good source of light.

Listing NGR: ST0037604709