Holland

SX 38 SE BRADSTONE

5/7 Holland - GV II

Farmhouse. Circa late C16. Rendered stone rubble and cob with metal sheet roof with gable ends. Brick shafts on right-hand gable end and to right of entrance. Probably 3 room and cross passage, extended on right-hand higher end and to rear of higher end with short wing. Cross passage now blocked possibly by re-orientation of fireplace. 2 storeys overall 5-window range, symmetrical 2 windows to both storeys to right of 2-storey porch and asymmetrical fenestration to left of porch with 2 ground storey windows and one above disposed towards the central porch. Ground floor, to left of porch. 2 C20 windows. Segmental moulded granite arch in 2-storey porch with C20 part glazed door. To right, 2 C19 3-light casements with glazing bars. First floor with C19 2-light casement with glazing bars directly to left of porch. 2 similar windows to right of porch above ground floor openings. C19 2-light casement beneath C19 segmental arch in gable end of porch. Interior Room to left of porch with 2, partly exposed heavy chamfered ceiling beams with run-out stops. Left-hand beam with notches cut out on both sides possibly originally for muntins of a timber screen. Room beyond to north has had earlier ceiling beams removed. Present baffle entry plan possibly result of the re-orientation of a fireplace which backed onto cross passage heating room to right of porch. Fireplace now heats room to left of porch. Plastered ceiling to room to right of porch. Room on far right (south) possibly added in C19. Thinner stone rubble gable end, change in height of ceiling, modern grate. High quality C19 king post truss roof with boarded underside slope. Repair work by Kelly Estate. Appears as Holland in mid C17 records. Part of lands belonging to Bidlake in Bridstowe. Probably came into Bidlake hands by a 1408 marriage. Hoskins W. G. D C M Q/22 (1942-1946) 323/ Devonshire Gentry in Carolean Times.

Listing NGR: SX3949380725