Edge Farmhouse

This is a 16th, 17th and later century farmhouse, situated near Painswick. The house is constructed of squared limestone rubble with a stone slate roof. It follows a "T"-plan form, with a long main block facing south and a deep wing to the rear. The main block rises to three-and-a-half storeys and has a three-window front. The ground floor features two recessed, three-light stone mullioned casements, with a third window modified to create a 19th-century doorway, all set beneath a continuous string course. The first floor has three flush, chamfer-mullion casements, the one on the right being deeper. The second floor contains three recessed, two-light stone mullioned casements with bars, now blocked from the interior. There are four two-light leaded casements within gabled dormers to the roof. A small one-story extension is located to the left, with two large brick stacks. A new brick stack stands on the left side of the main block and a small ashlar stack is positioned on the right gable. The left return side of the house is plain. The right return has two-light flush, chamfer-mullion casements to the first floor and attic, and a small 19th-century brick lean-to addition with a 16-pane sash window beneath a stone key in a brick flat arch. The rear of the house has a swept roofline descending from the main block, featuring a 19th-century flush panel door with a transom light and a key stone in a brick flat arch. The ground level rises, resulting in the building being one storey lower on this side. The east side of the rear wing is one-and-a-half storeys high, with two two-light flush, chamfer-mullion casements, a small two-light lancet formed from a single piece of stone, and a blocked small single light to the far right. There is a twelve-light gabled dormer on the left, a two-light hollow-chamfer mullion casement within a flush gablet, and remains of a drip stone to the far right. A ridge stack sits at the junction of the wings, featuring two diagonal ashlar flues with moulded cappings. The north gable displays some marlstone at a low level and contains pigeon openings. The west face has a small plank door on the left, followed by a two-light flush, chamfer-mullion casement beneath a stopped hood, with a small horizontal light above. A door sits within a flush surround, and a three-light hollow-chamfer mullion and transom casement is positioned under a stopped hood. A swept lean-to has a three-light swept dormer, and above this, a three-light gabled dormer. The interior reveals complex levels demonstrating two phases of development, including a stone spiral staircase near a blocked light in the wing, and the remains of two pairs of crucks, with a predominantly heavy collar and purlin roof in the front block, which has a 19th-century roof structure. The ground floor’s central room contains a deep, chamfered and stopped spine beam with run-out stops, and stone floors in two rooms. A room at the junction of the rear wing and main block features a deep chamfered beam compartmental ceiling with a curved deep cove at the north end, a large bressummer fire-to-stone cheeks and a curing chamber. This space may have originally been an open hall.