Muchelney Ham Farmhouse

Muchelney Ham Farmhouse is a detached farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with extensions from the 18th and 20th centuries. The building features some Ham stone ashlar, while the rest is made of local lias stone that has been cut and squared, with Ham stone dressings. It has a double Roman clay tiled roof with a rippled ridge and brick chimney stacks. The farmhouse is two storeys high and consists of five bays. Bays one and two are careful replicas built in 1979, bay three is made entirely of lias stone and is likely from the 18th century, while bays four and five are primarily constructed from Ham ashlar, raised in lias stone. The windows are three-light mullioned with volo-moulding, featuring rectangular leaded panes under square labels, and some have iron-framed opening lights. Between bays four and five, there is a 19th-century ashlar porch with a tiled roof, an open cambered archway, and a coped gable with a quatrefoil panel above. Inside the porch is an early 20th-century door leading to a plain opening. There is also a single-storey extension against the south gable. Although the interior has not been seen, the owner reports that it contains chamfered beams and an inglenook fireplace with a bacon curing chamber.