West Forde Farmhouse

CHERITON FITZPAINE SS 80 NE 7/11 - West Forde Farmhouse GV II

Farmhouse. Late C17-early C18, possibly earlier core; extensively remodelled in late C19. Plastered cob and rubble; rubble and brick stacks; coated slate roof. Long gable-ended 4-room plan house facing farmyard to west. Through-passage between right (southern) 2-rooms with stacks backing onto passage on each side. Another axial stack between 2 left (northern) rooms. 2 storeys. Irregular 5-window front. Main door to right passage is late C19 6-panel door with panelled reveals and contemporary flat-roofed porch on cast iron posts. It is flanked by a 12-pane sash to the right and a 16-pane sash to left. The 3 windows further left are late C19 and C20 casements, the latter without glazing bars. There are 2 C20 doors between these windows. First floor windows are regular late C19 casements with glazing bars and left end window is blind with a painted casement. The east facing garden front has a symmetrical 3-window arrangement at left (south) end around central passage door; a 6-panel door with late C19 porch with trellis sides and elliptical arch vallance with openwork enrichment under monopitch roof. Large 16-pane sash to right, a replacement casement to left and 3 small 16-pane sashes to first floor. Late C19 and C20 casements at right end. Interior is mostly result of late C19 refurbishment but roof structure is series of late C17-early C18 A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars.

Listing NGR: SS8777005220