Gingerland Farmhouse And Front Garden Railings

Gingerland Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse with later alterations, situated in Bradninch. It is constructed of cob with a stone plinth and has a gabled slate roof. Originally, the building comprised three rooms arranged around a cross-passage, with a lower-end wing to the rear. A right-hand external stack, possibly inserted in 1712, heats the former inner room, which was converted into a kitchen. Two further rear lateral stacks, originally external but now enclosed, heat the hall and lower end respectively, all featuring brick shafts. The farmhouse presents two distinct elements to the front: a symmetrical three-window range to the left and an asymmetrical two-window range to the right, sharing the same roof ridge but with a slight difference in eaves level. The left-hand range has hornless 16-pane sash windows on the upper floor, and a hornless 16-pane sash window on each side of a central panelled door, which is sheltered by a porch with a moulded canopy supported by Tuscan columns and pilasters. The right-hand element has a two and three-light barred casement window on the upper floor, and a three-light casement window on the ground floor to the left of a planked door, set beneath a late 19th or early 20th century slate-hipped porch with shaped brackets. The right-hand elevation features a four-light ovolo-moulded stone casement window on the upper floor behind the stack, and two 19th-century three-light openings below. At the rear, there is a four-light ovolo-moulded stone casement window, three 19th-century two and three-light casement windows, and a tall pointed two-light window with Y-tracery to the stairwell. The rear wing has a first-floor window with a deeply chamfered surround. Inside, the room furthest to the right features two chamfered and stopped cross beams. This room is dominated by a large end fireplace with a massive chamfered bressumer, originally extending across the entire room, which has a dated ledge reading 'FIB, 1712' at the rear, along with brick and side ovens. Fielded panel cupboard doors indicate the former location of a staircase, which has now been dismantled. The roof is of 19th-century construction; the end stack is cob above the hearth. A blocked three-light window is visible within the gable wall. Early 19th-century railings to the front garden are also included in the listing.