Patcombe Farmhouse Including Chimney Stack Adjoining South East

A bailiff's house situated within a landscaped park, likely built around 1771 by John Johnson for Sir Charles Kemeys Tynte of Halswell House. The building is constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, topped with a pantile hipped roof.

The house follows a symmetrical, two-room rectangular plan, designed in a classical style. A central stack is positioned at the front, supporting an integral colonaded portico that provides individual access to each room. The two rooms also have rear doorways opening into a lobby, with a staircase located behind the central stack.

The north front is symmetrical with three bays, featuring a brick eaves cornice with modillions, and a string course adorned with two brick console brackets on either side of a small central, pedimented gable containing a circular window. A stone portico, designed as a bowed Roman Doric colonnade, is centrally placed, flanked by windows set within large round-headed recesses with a stringcourse at impost level. This stringcourse continues around the right-hand return and extends to the impost level of a three-bay blind arcade, featuring a rectangular panel above each arch and a window in the centre. The eaves cornice is also continued around the west side and the rear (south) facade, while the east side, facing the bank, is plain. A brick retaining wall adjoins the rear of the property, built into which is a chimney stack with three flues and a large, symmetrical, arched fireplace positioned outside the house.

Interior features show evidence of past animal access. Interior doors and chimneypieces are missing, along with the winder staircase balustrade. However, door frames, some panelled window shutters, and wall plaster remain.

Historical records suggest that Patcombe Farmhouse was erected as a bailiff’s house and formed part of Sir Charles Kemeys Tynte's landscaping project at Halswell. It may have been the "Temple of Pan in the Gardens of Sir Charles Kemeys … at Halswell," which was exhibited by John Johnson at the Society of Artists in 1778.