Unoccupied House Approximately 40 Metres To South East Of Bridgetown Farmhouse

This unoccupied former farmhouse, located approximately 40 metres southeast of Bridgetown Farmhouse, dates back to the early 16th century with alterations from the 17th century. The building features partly rendered rubble and cob walls, topped with a gable-ended corrugated iron roof. It has a projecting front lateral stack, likely made of rubble with a brick shaft, though it is currently overgrown with ivy.

The layout consists of a three-room and through passage plan, with the lower end situated to the right. The hall was originally open to the roof and included a central hearth, but later roof structures at both ends have obscured its original form. The hall was ceiled in the early 17th century, coinciding with the addition of the front lateral stack. The lower room is heated by a gable end stack, and a 19th-century brick wall has been inserted between the hall and the passage.

Externally, the building is two storeys high with an asymmetrical front, where the windows are overgrown. There are three doorways; the left and right end doorways are later additions, while the original passage door is centrally located and retains its round-headed door frame with small roll-moulding. To the left of this door is a projecting chimney stack, with a semi-circular oven projection to the right.

Inside, the lower room features a fireplace with a cambered, chamfered, and step-stopped wooden lintel. The hall contains chamfered cross beams with convex stops, and its fireplace has a chamfered wooden lintel supported by curved wooden corbels with vertical grooves. There is a built-in settle against the higher end wall with a curved bench end, and the round-headed wooden doorframe to the inner room is lightly chamfered on the hall side. The roof retains its original smoke-blackened truss, purlins, and ridge over the hall, with the truss made of heavy scantling and a front blade that has a curved foot. The purlins and ridge are threaded, and the morticed collar has been removed. Over the lower end, there is likely a 17th-century truss with straight principals, a morticed apex, trenched purlins, and no collar.