Description

ST52SE CHILTON CANTELO CP

4/18 Higher Farmhouse
19.4.61

- II

Farmhouse. Early C18, remodelled in 1826. Local stone cut and squared,
with Ham stone doorways and plaque; Welsh slate roof between coped
gables, stone chimney stacks. "T" plan, 2-storeys; West and North
elevations of 3-bays, the former with a left-hand gable projection.
Central doorway to both facades: that to West front having ionic capped
plain pilasters with no base, and flat entablature, framing a 6-fielded
panel door, top 2 panels glazed; that to North having a simple surround
with flat projecting stone hood on console brackets: sash windows in
plain openings with flat voussoired arches with false keystones, having
12-panes each on West and 16-panes each on North. One storey lean-to
East of the North side, and on South, against the road, a lower 2-storey
portion of C18; random stone with plain clay tile roof over 2 base
courses stone slates; timber-framed windows, some with central iron
bars; an old leaded window here and also in rear wall of main house;
part of this wing still used for cider making. In hall "Bromes Head", a
skull recorded by Collinson 1791, which has defied many attempts at
burial. Part of the former Manor of Chilton Cantelo until 1958/59:
presumably remodelled by John Old Goodford, Squire and High Sherriff of
Somerset in 1816, died 1835. The date 1826 appears in a plaque over West
entrance.

Listing NGR: ST5701822207

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26583850

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)