Bardon

A farmhouse, later a house, was built in the 16th century and subsequently expanded in the 17th and early 19th centuries. The exterior is roughcast over random rubble, with a slate roof, overhanging eaves, soffit boards, decorative ridge tiles, and brick stacks. A large brick stack rises from the eaves of the cross wing on the left, while another is located between the first and second bays on the right gable end of the original dwelling. Further stacks are present at the rear. The building's original layout was a modified three-cell and cross passage plan, facing south, with later additions including one bay to the right, a rear extension to the northeast, and a cross wing to the southwest with two gabled additions at the rear, forming part of a courtyard. The building is two storeys high. The unlit gable end of the cross wing is on the right. The main block has a four-bay front, with a 16-pane sash window in the re-entrant angle to the left, two 12-pane sash windows to the right and a French window in the end bay to the right. An entrance is located in the third bay from the left, featuring a panelled door with a pentice hood porch supported by shaped brackets. On the right return, a wooden trellis-work porch is positioned to the right of a 12-pane sash window, and an external flight of stairs leads to a panelled door with a fluted surround. Internally, the original entrance appears to have been one bay to the right, and the cross passage has been removed, now forming a two-cell layout with an addition to the right. Features include a large chamfered lintel with scroll stops over a fireplace in the left gable end, chamfered stone jambs, an ovolo-moulded lintel with chamfered stone jambs over a fireplace on the right gable end, a chamfered lintel over an open fireplace in the rear wing, winder stairs to the left, and an octagonal mullioned window frame in the courtyard. Historical records indicate that papers relating to the trial of Mary Queen of Scots were discovered at Bardon in 1834, attributed to the fact that the manor was held in the 16th century by the Leigh family, who were lawyers.