Bydean Farmhouse

Bydean Farmhouse is a house dating from the 17th century, with early and late 19th-century alterations. The building features mixed walling, primarily flint (partly coursed) with brick and stone quoins, brick flat and cambered arches, and a plinth at two levels. It has cement and roughcast rendering, tile-hanging on part of the upper floor, one fragment of exposed framing, and a 4-light stone-framed mullioned window. The roof is low-pitched, hipped, and covered with slate, while there is a rear outshot that has a steep tile roof.

This timber-framed lobby-entrance house consists of three bays, with a south-west extension added in the early 19th century and recladding from the 17th century and the early and late 19th centuries. The south front is two storeys high with two and a half windows. It features five Victorian sash windows and two casements on the front, with additional casements and one rear sash window elsewhere. The entrance includes a six-panelled door in a plain frame, situated within a gabled trellis porch.

Inside, the timber frame is exposed, and there is a massive chimney-breast. One room contains 17th-century oak panelling, and there is a 17th-century oak staircase with turned balusters. The gateway to the plain flint forecourt wall has simple brick piers and a wrought iron gate set within wrought iron piers, topped with cast iron from the mid-19th century.