Bacchus

SO 81 SW HARESCOMBE HORSEPOOLS HILL (east side), Brookthorpe 5/120 Bacchus

II

Detached farmhouse. Mid C18; back wings c1840. Ashlar limestone; brick rear wings; replacement concrete tile roof; ashlar chimneys. Three-storey with cellar to front range; 2-storey back wings. Front: 3-window fenestration; crenellated parapet with 3 crocketed finials; off-centre porch to doorway with square head and 6-panel fielded door; chamfered Tudor arch to parapet gabled porch with Tudor-arched lancets to sides; all windows are chamfered mullioned with hood moulds and leaded casements; 2-light centrally, flanked by 4-light to ground and middle floors, 3-light to upper floor. North side: gabled to right with single-window fenestration, central offset buttress to cellar and ground floor partly blocking mullioned caement; 3-light casement to middle floor, blocked upper floor 2-light; none leaded; brick wing to left with upper floor 16- pane sash and cambered arch; leaded casement below with timber plaque inscribed 'DAIRY' (to gain exemption from window tax). South side: mullioned casments as to north, but with leading to ground floor; 16-pane sash to each floor of back wing to right. Back: 3 gables, stone-built in centre flanked by brick; central 4- light mullioned casement with hood, otherwise timber casements; louvred attic vent to central gable; 2 chimney stacks with paired diagonal shafts and moulded caps to back of front range. Interior not inspected. Garden terraced to front with stone steps leading to front door.

Listing NGR: SO8422111212