West Brushford Farmhouse

West Brushford Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, which was refurbished in the 19th century. The roof was replaced around 1950 and the property was modernised around 1984. It features plastered cob on rubble footings, with stone rubble stacks topped with 19th and 20th century brick, and a concrete interlocking tile roof that was formerly thatch. The house faces southeast and has a four-room plan. The two main rooms are located at the left (southwest) end, with one room on either side of a cross passage leading to a projecting rear stair block. There is a projecting stack at the left end and an outer axial stack for the other main room. A small service room is at the right end, and a fourth room is in a narrower projection set back from the front on the right end. The farmhouse has two storeys and a symmetrical arrangement of three windows, which are 1984 PVC casements with glazing bars, surrounding similar double doors. The door is flanked by 20th century gabled buttresses. At the right end, there is possibly an 18th century narrow timber-framed window. The roof is gable-ended.

Inside, the main rooms retain good early 17th century features. In the left room, the plainly-finished crossbeams were clearly intended for plaster cladding, and the fireplace suggests this was a high-status room. Although the stone sides of the fireplace have been rebuilt, the original lintel features a double ogee soffit moulding with carved acanthus leaf stops. The room to the right of the passage has a three-bay ceiling, with soffit-chamfered crossbeams that have pyramid stops incised to resemble leaves. The fireplace in this room is blocked. The stair block now contains a 19th century replacement staircase. The roof structure was not inspected but is reported to have been replaced around 1950.