Description

MORCHARD BISHOP NEW ROAD
SS 70 NE
5/176
- Barton House Lodge
GY
II

House, former lodge to Barton House. Early C19. Roughly-coursed mudstone rubble,
plastered to road end (north) and rear (east); rubble stacks with brick chimney
shafts; thatched roof. 2 room main block facing west with single room blocks
projecting at right angles at either end of back. Massive rear lateral stack
between 2 rear blocks and stack in right (south) end. Cottage Ornee. Single
storey. 4-window front with central door broken forward and flanking windows in
canted sides. Pointed arch-headed 2-light windows with Gothick Y-glazing bars and
containing iron casements and patterns of leaded glass, most of it original.
Pointed arch Gothick door includes 2 glazed arched windows. At right end is an
original ornate cast iron ventilator. Roof hipped each end and carried out over
verandah and supported on rustic tree trunk and bole posts. Main stack has original
Tudor style double chimney shaft with star sections and elaborate caps. Right side
is a little rebuilt. Window and door have brick flat arches over. End of each rear
block has a pointed Gothick window similar to those on front. Interior not
inspected.

Listing NGR: SS7812007952

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26542626

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