Barford House And Outbuilding Wing At Rear

Barford House is a small country house situated within a landscaped park, dating back to approximately 1710. It was originally built for the Jeanes family on the site of an earlier farmhouse. The house was altered around 1740 with the addition of wings and an attic storey, and subsequently received minor alterations in the late 18th and 19th centuries. It was restored after 1958. Two metal pennants are affixed to the building, dated 1666 and 1775.

The house is constructed primarily of local red brick in Flemish bond, with some moulded brickwork, and a rubble core. The dressings are of freestone, and the roofs are slate, with some bitumenised areas. Large brick stacks feature moulded caps, and there are two ridge lanterns; one is raised on a brick stack with an arcaded base, cupola, and pennant, while the other is a replica made of fibreglass. The design is symmetrical, with a rectangular main block flanked by quadrant wings. The main block is two storeys and an attic, with five bays. It features rusticated ashlar quoins to the ground and first floors, a plinth band, a moulded first floor band, and a moulded and dentil cornice at attic floor level. The attic storey has end pilasters, a parapet with a moulded capping, and corner urns. Twelve-pane sash windows are present on the ground and first floors, set within moulded, cambered head architraves with keys and sills on consoles; the second floor windows are six-pane sashes in similar architraves. A central architraved door opening is topped by a triangular pediment on consoles, with a half-glazed door and paired panelled inner doors. The single-storey wings have a frieze and moulded cornice, and a tall parapet with coping. The end elevations of the wings each have a pedimented gable with a coping that ramps over a pedestal. Below each gable are two 12-pane sash windows with thick glazing bars and moulded architraves consistent with the main block. A circular window is located in the tympanum, and brick corner pilasters and pilasters at intervals flank the front, framing an arcade of blank semi-circular head niches with emphasised imposts. The returns and rear elevations are simpler in style, with some 12-pane sash windows and 2-light casements, some of which have leaded lights, alongside a two-storey bow. A single-storey rubble outbuilding is attached at a right angle to the rear.

The interior features simple cornices, a flagged entrance hall, three good 18th-century chimney pieces on the ground floor, a further 19th-century chimney piece, a dining room with a panelled chimney breast, and a staircase. Six-panelled doors are found throughout.