Brindiwell Farmhouse

CHERITON FITZPAINE BRINDIWELL HILL SS 80 NE 7/14 Brindiwell Farmhouse - - II

Farmhouse. Early-mid C17, renovated after fire circa 1940. Plastered cob on rubble footings; rubble stacks topped with C20 brick; slate roof (originally thatch). 3- room-and-cross-passage plan house facing south-west with service room at left (north- west) end. Gable end stacks to service and inner rooms and axial stack at upper end of hall. 2 storeys. Asymetrical but vaguely regular 6-window front of circa 1940 casements with glazing bars, one with leaded glass. Passage door with C20- gabled porch left of centre and secondary door at right end to inner room sheltered by an outbuilding. Despite C20 fire damage which had necessitated complete replacement of the roof, the ground floor is still largely original. Both sides of passage are lined with oak plank-and-muntin screens, chamfered with scroll stops. Lower screen includes a segmental-headed doorframe. Service room crossbeam is chamfered with runout stops. Hall has double ovolo-moulded crossbeam with facetted step stops and inner room (now kitchen) has chamfered crossbeam with scroll stops. All fireplaces are blocked.

Listing NGR: SS8955807964