Description

BRANDON AND BYSHOTTLES TOLL HOUSE ROAD
NZ 24 SE (South side, off)

4/17 Baxter Wood Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. Late C17-early C18 with mid C19 alterations and refenestration.
Coursed rubble with some old brick infill at gables. Pantiled roof and rebuilt
brick chimneys. North wing and later west wing form 2-storey L-plan house.
Re-entrant faces of garden front each have 2 bays: C19 part-glazed, 6-panel
door in west wing; mainly 4-pane sashes; lateral stack to north wing. South
and east gables have flush alternate quoins (those on east gable are long and
thin). East gable has low plinth and possibly C17 oak window frame to first
floor. Steeply-pitched roof has coped gables and end chimneys. Rear of west
wing has infilled north bay with inserted 4-pane sashes. Small, possibly C17
first-floor oak window frame to south.
Interior. Late C17, closed-string, dogleg staircase of 2 flights plus landing
rail, in west wing, has squat turned balusters and a square-section moulded
handrail. Wood winder stair rises inside east gable of north wing. Peter Smart,
the Puritan, is believed to have died at Baxter Wood circa 1625.

Listing NGR: NZ2546342312

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26608953

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990