Rodmore Farmhouse

ST BRIAVELS RODMORE SO 50 SE 6/179 Rodmore Farmhouse (formerly listed as Rodmore) 7.8.54 - II Farmhouse. C17. Pebble-dash on rubble, plain tile roof to gable stacks, and a large projecting eaves stack at back adjacent to stair turret. A lofty long block with a projecting stair turret off-centre at the back. Front is 2½ storeys, 1 + 3 + 1-windowed; a deep coved cornice rises over a central open pediment, flush with main wall and containing a wooden bulls-eye opening and 2 small 2-light gabled dormers, all other windows this side are C20 replacement casements, with a central C20 door in a C18 moulded stone architrave with pulvinated and decorated frieze, plus flat consoles over pilaster strips, and a C20 pedimented hood. Back has 2- light C19 casements with horizontal bars, including stair turret. Gable, right (to road) has 4 small single light casements. Interior: C17 painted staircase with turned balusters, square newels, deep heavy string and heavy moulded handrail, round a very tight well, through 2 storeys, the upper flight being wider than that from ground to first floor. Steep roof in 4 bays to 2 heavy purlins, stud partitions; otherwise the interior appears to have been completely renewed, and no original fireplaces are evident.

Listing NGR: SO5831303309