Aplens

STOKE ST MARY CP ST22SE STOKE ST MARY VILLAGE 5/126 Aplens (formerly listed as Stoke Court Farmhouse)

25.2.55

GV II

Farmhouse, now dwelling. Possibly late C17 incorporating earlier C16 wing, altered early C19, restored late C20. Roughcast over rubble and cob, thatched roofs, rendered stacks left gable end and to right of entrance, brick stack rising from eaves in kitchen wing. L-plan, site slopes away to east, 3-cell and cross passage facing north, agricultural building abutting west (not included). Two storeys, 1:4 bays, left under catslide of wing 3-light ovolo moulded mullioned window, 3-light steeply chamfered mullioned dormer windows flanking inserted 12-pane stair window below eaves above entrance, remains of similar 3-light dormer right, ground floor left C20 window in wing, 9-pane sash left of plank door, thatched roofed porch, right 3-light steeply chamfered mullioned window. Left return (east front) 3 bays, steep raking buttress and 3-light octagonal mullioned dormer, early C19 3-light leaded iron casement below right, similar steeply chamfered window on west front of wing. Interior not seen, said to contain chamfered beams with scroll stops in main block which has collar and principal roof, large chamfered transverse bead with deep stepped runouts in wing. The agricultural building now converted to a dwelling (Aplens Cottage) abutting west end not included. (VAG Report, unpublished SRO, December 1974).

Listing NGR: ST2658622410