Bagpath Farmhouse And Stables

SO 8403-8503 RODBOROUGH BAGPATH LANE and SO 8402-8502 (east side)

15/93 Bagpath Farmhouse and stables

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Farmhouse with attached former stables. Early-mid C17; C18 stables. Random rubble limestone with dressed quoins; rebuilt ashlar chimneys; stone slate roof, pantile to stables. Two-storey with attic and cellar; L-plan. Stable range runs to east. North front: full gable to house is offset to right with large 5-light casement to ground floor with relieving arch, 2 and 4-light casements to upper floor and off-centre 3-light to attic with blocked doorway to right having timber lintel; all casements ovolo moulded mullioned with hoodmoulds. Blocked oval in apex. Doorway to left with hipped roof to porch on Tuscan columns; plain doorway with heavy studded plank door. Stables to left have scattered casement fenestration and doorways with timber lintels. One ground floor 2-light recessed cavetto stone-mullioned casement. West side: 2 gables, right projecting forward, both with ashlar chimneys having 2 rebuilt diagonal shafts with moulded caps. Central upper floor former doorway blocked in brick with C19 fixed- light; blocked single and 2-light below. South side: gable end of wing projects forward to left having single-window fenestration except for two 2-light chamfered mullioned cellar casements with combining hoodmould; 4-light to ground floor, 3-light above both with relieving arches; 2-light to attic, all being ovolo mullioned with hoodmoulds. Oval in apex. Plank door with 2-light above to main part of house; 3-light recessed cavetto mullioned casement with hoodmould to stables, leaded upper floor casement with timber lintel. Full gable to east-facing side of wing has C20 altered fenestration to ground and upper floors; 2-light with hood to attic and blocked oval above. Interior: good staircase of c1630 with slanted Ionic balusters and openwork finials to newels. South wing contains moulded stone fireplace to each floor with moulding stops enriched with lozenge decoration. Small cupboard to upper floor room with turned baluster vents in door.

Listing NGR: SO8581202997