Brimpsfield House

SO 91 SW BRIMPSFIELD BRIMPSFIELD VILLAGE

2/12 Brimpsfield House

4.6.52

GV II

Large country house. C17, enlarged in early C19 and remodelled in early C20. Limestone ashlar with stone slate roof; ashlar chimney shafts with moulded caps; one paired C17 chimney. C17 part: two storeys with attic; fireplace backing onto cross-passsage (now blocked); two C19 wings added. C17 west front gable has recessed chamfered mullioned windows with hood mouldings, 3-light to ground floor and 2-light to attic; the 2-light has original iron casements; embedded in the wall are fragments of stone chevron decoration from Brimpsfield Castle. North and south facing walls of C17 house have 3-light windows to ground and upper floor, apart from 4-light north facing ground floor window. Four-window south wing with 16-pane sashes and keystone lintels; chamfered surround to east facing doorway, and a timber porch. Stone mounting block south of garden wall topped by iron railings; iron gate entry into garden. At south end is hipped roofed C19 extension of one storey. Early C19 east wing also has 16-pane sashes: one facing north in much altered elevation of scattered fenestration. Alterations to the north elevation in C20 include the elaborately moulded doorway with deep shell hood, and a canted oriel window over; also gabled 3-light mullioned window, and a small upper floor room projecting on stone corbels. At basement level: doorway with early C19 timber panelled surround and C19 window with timber lintel. C20 gabled eastern end has medieval chimney from Brimpsfield Castle used as apex finial; 3-light mullioned windows to ground and upper floor; 2-light basement window. South of east wing are attached C19 stables with separate pitched roof; complete original fittings. C17 house interior has an original beam in ground floor room with jewelled chamfer stops (design matches the panelling now in Brimpsfield Park, q.v.). In the garden: game house, (q.v.), and C19 or early C20 dog kennels, (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SO9394412674