Standerwick Farm

Standerwick Farm is a detached farmhouse dating back to around 1400, with significant additions and alterations from about 1550, and later modifications. It is constructed primarily from roughly cut and squared local grey lias stone, with dressings of Doulting and Ham stone, and has gabled double Roman clay tile roofs, some with copings. Brick and stone chimney stacks are also present. The farmhouse is arranged in an L-shape. The west elevation has five bays. The first three bays represent the earlier phase of construction and feature hollow-chamfered mullioned windows set in wave mould reveals, with square labels. The lower bays 1 and 2 have flat arched lights of 3 and 2 lights respectively, while bay 3 has an earlier 2-light window with 4-centre arched lights. Matching C20 windows have been inserted into the gables above. Bays 4 and 5 represent a later wing at a right angle, with an outshut to the angle. The lower bay 4 has a 2-light mullioned window of 15th century date; bay 5 has 2-light hollow chamfered mullioned windows to the right of a projecting chimney stack with offsets. A projecting porch with a 4-centre moulded archway and a studded boarded door sits between lower bays 2 and 3, and is set under a coped gable. The south elevation features two bays separated by a buttress. It has 16th century 4-centre arched hollow chamfered mullioned windows, of 4-lights in bay 1 and 2-lights in the upper bay 2. A late doorway is currently protected by a C20 conservatory with stone wing walls and a clay tile roof. The earlier part of the farmhouse contains a fine ground floor room with deep moulded beams, C17 wall panelling, and a fireplace surround, potentially dating to the 15th century and relocated from the first floor. The south portion includes a circular stone stair to the first floor, and one good main room featuring a 9-panel ceiling with chamfered beams, a moulded cambered arched fireplace with carved shields in the spandrels, and an early herringbone brick fireback. The roof of the north portion was replaced in the 20th century, while the roof of the south portion, which was not inspected, is believed to be of the original date. An 1859 photograph shows that both roofs were originally thatched. The house is thought to have been a manor house. To the north of the house are unexcavated remains of a medieval village. To the east are a fishpond and substantial traces of a moat.