Bagbeare Farmhouse And Adjoining Farm Building To South West

Bagbeare Farmhouse and the adjoining farm building to the southwest is a farmhouse dating from the early to mid 17th century, with possible earlier origins, and features a 19th-century addition and alterations. The structure has rendered walls, likely made of cob and rubble, except for an exposed rubble wall at the left gable end. The roof is gable-ended and covered with asbestos slate. There are three stacks: a brick stack at each gable end and an axial stone rubble stack with a drip course.

The farmhouse has a three-room and through-passage plan, although the passage has now disappeared, likely having been situated to the right of the hall next to its axial stack. Both the lower and inner rooms are heated, but their fireplaces may not be original. There is a slight rectangular stair projection at the rear of the inner room, and the straight flight stairs that run up between it and the hall are likely a 19th-century addition, along with a new front door placed in front of them. A 19th-century rear outshut has also been added.

The outbuilding range, which runs parallel to the house, is likely from the 17th century and is connected to the farmhouse by a 19th-century wing at the higher end. The exterior of the farmhouse is two storeys high and features an asymmetrical four-window front, mainly consisting of 18th-century three and four-light leaded pane casements, along with two 19th-century casements of two and three lights. There is a 20th-century part-glazed and panelled door to the left of centre. The single-storey outbuilding wing extends behind the left-hand end of the house, connecting with the outbuilding range at the rear, which has a corrugated asbestos roof. The outer face of the outbuilding features a wide cart entrance on the right, a central door with a loading hatch above, and a blocked window opening to the left with a stone hood mould over.

Inside the farmhouse, most early features are concealed, but there are chamfered and straight-cut stopped ceiling beams in the hall and lower end, along with a section of 17th-century panelled wainscotting reused on the first floor. The roof trusses were inaccessible at the time of the survey but may be of interest. The outbuilding contains substantial ceiling beams.