Nutbeam Farmhouse

Nutbeam Farmhouse is a large country house with a complex history, partly dating to the 15th century, extended in the 17th century, and significantly altered in the 18th century. In the 20th century, it was remodelled by Norman Jewson. The house is constructed of random rubble and coursed limestone, with dressed stone windows, doors, and quoins. Chimneys are of rubble, ashlar, and blue brick, and the roof is stone-slate.

The original wing, dating to the 15th century, was extended in the 17th century. It is a two-storey building with an attic. An 18th-century range was added parallel to the earlier house, partly overlapping it and also being two storeys with an attic. An outshut is situated at the back of the 18th-century range, and 20th-century service additions are located at the rear of the house.

The south gable end of the 15th-century wing has four windows: a chamfered mullioned four-light window without a hood on the ground floor, and a six-light mullioned and transomed window with a hoodmould above. Scattered windows are on the east side, with a moulded buttress at the south-east corner. A two-light, altered window with a hoodmould is at ground floor level, and a two-light Perpendicular window, described as a copy of an original, is on the upper floor. A timber lintel is at the doorway.

The south gable end of the 18th-century range has a blue brick chimney at the ridge. The fenestration was altered to mullioned windows from sashes during the 20th century; deep stone lintels indicate the original window layout. The main east front of the 18th century is a three-window arrangement with altered two- and three-light mullioned windows. A single-light window with a four-centred arched head is centrally positioned on the upper floor. An attic dormer is also centrally placed. A blue brick chimney is at the ridge at the north end, with a surviving 18th-century sash window, the rest of the fenestration having been altered. A tall ashlar chimney stack is located at the back of the 18th-century range.

The north gable of the older house, dating to the late 17th century, originally had single-window fenestration. The five-light ground-floor window is an enlargement of what was originally a three-light window. A three-light window is on the upper floor, and a two-light window is in the attic. A back-gabled wing was added in the 20th century, and the back of the older house has altered fenestration.

Inside the upper floor room of the 15th-century wing, there is a close-studded partition and two ogee-headed timber doorways. The roof is a two-bay arched braced open roof containing a cusped collar and windbraces. The house was historically recorded as a monastic house and a possession of the Abbey of Lyre in Normandy; by the 13th century it had been transferred to the ownership of Cirencester Abbey. The house is situated on a promontory, typical of those occupied by other monastic houses in the area. The spine beams contain stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops.