Bydean Farmhouse

FROXFIELD SU 72 NW 9/16 Bydean Farmhouse 23/01/86 GV II House. C17, early and late C19. Mixed walling; mostly flint (part coursed) with brick and stone quoins, brick flat and cambered arches, plinth at 2 levels, cement and roughcast rendering, tile-hanging to part of the upper floor, one fragment of exposed framing, and a 4-light stone-framed mullioned window. Low-pitched hipped slate roof, rear outshot with a steep tile roof. A timber-framed lobby-entrance house of 3 bays, with south-west extension (early C19), and recladding of the C17, early and late C19; south front of 2 storeys, 2.1 windows. 5 Victorian sashes and 2 casements to the front, casements (and one rear sash) elsewhere. 6-panelled door in a plain frame, within a gabled trellis porch. Interior: the frame is exposed, and there is a massive chimney-breast: one room has C17 oak panelling, and there is a C17 oak staircase with turned balusters. The gateway to the plain flint fore- court wall has simple brick piers and a wrought iron gate set within wrought iron piers, with a cast-iron top (of the mid C19).

Listing NGR: SU7040126339