Description

ST 67 NW STOKE GIFFORD

4/22 Wallscourt Farmhouse
27.11.81
- II

Farmhouse. 1855. George Godwin (editor of "The Builder"), for the Duke of
Beaufort. Rubble, freestone dressings, slate roofs. Picturesque composition of
gables and chimneys. Main elevation has 2 gables of 2½ storeys, 1 window
alongside a 3½ storey tower; most windows are 3-light transom and mullion; left
gable has an oriel above, right gable has a canted bay below and Beaufort arms
above, there is a gabled and glazed porch below the tower which rises with single
lights to a pyramidal roof with dormers capped by crestings. Similar gables and
windows, some under drips on other elevations. The whole crowned by an elaborate
set of octagonal stacks. Interior retains contemporary plaster ceiling decoration,
good staircase with carved finials and pendants, pierced balusters and a cusped
niche on the landing. The doors are strongly X and Y braced and all doors and
shutters are reinforced with metal bands, as a precaution against threatened
social unrest.

Listing NGR: ST6179478004

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26429564

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