Satterleigh Barton

Satterleigh Barton is a farmhouse, probably dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, with substantial alterations made in the late 19th century. The construction is of painted rendered stone rubble and cob, with a slate roof having a gable end on the right and a half-hip to the front wing on the left. Brick stacks are present at the centre rear, to the right end, and on the ridge of the front wing. The original layout was likely an L-shape, with a main range of three rooms and a through-passage. An entrance stairhall was added to the right-hand side of the building. Originally, the main range may have been a three-room and cross-passage plan, with a stairhall, a ‘hall’ heated by a rear stack, and a large parlour. This parlour was later divided when the front wing was added, creating a salting house, dairy, and through-passage; a partition within this section cut through two 17th/early 18th century chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. The front wing, which was originally a large kitchen, is now divided into two rooms. A massive brick stack connects the front wing with the salting room at the left end of the main range. The front of the house has a symmetrical three-window range, featuring late 19th century 3-light casement windows with 6 panes to the upper storey and 8 panes to the ground floor, flanking a 2-light casement with 6 panes above a 20th-century porch with a gabled roof and a 4-panelled door. A bellcote sits centrally on the ridge, with a hipped roof, a weathervane, and ogee-shaped bell openings on each side. A 19th-century plank door is located at the left end of the main range, near the angle with the front wing, with a 6-pane window above. The front wing has a three-window range, with 2-light casement windows, 8 panes per light, except for a central ground floor window, which has 6 panes. The interior features late 19th/early 20th century joinery, including 4-panelled doors and a staircase. The beams are mostly boxed in; those in the ‘hall’ are intersecting, while the dairy and through-passage have two cross ceiling beams, chamfered and with run-out stops on one arris. The bell and mechanism are intact in the roofspace, although not in their original position. The roof structure has wide-span trusses with straight principals, lapped collars, and staggered purlins.