Description

TIVERTON

SS81SE BRADLEY
848-1/3/59 West Bradley Farmhouse and attached
barn

II

Farmhouse. C17 or possibly earlier. Rendered cob and rubble
with 2 rear lateral stacks with rubble breasts, the central
hall stack with tall brick shaft, the stack serving the higher
end with fat rendered shaft; further lateral gabled stack to
front right (behind wing); plain tile roof with eyebrowed
eaves.
PLAN: 3-room plan plus later wing at right angles in front of
the right-hand side and C19 barn added to the left-hand end.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 4-window range. Early or mid C20 2 and
3-light casement windows except for C19 2-light window with
latticed cast-iron casements above hipped porch. Good C18
6-panel door within porch.
Barn, left of the house, has central window over window, the
upper window fitted with pigeon nesting boxes, the lower
window an original 2-light casement; doorways at left and
right and another doorway to 1st-floor centre of left-hand
end, ledged doors, all the openings spanned by oak lintels.
INTERIOR: has chamfered axial beams to the higher end which
has an entrance hall and higher end room with a large rear
fireplace. The hall has a crossbeam with deep chamfers and
tongue stops, rear fireplace spanned by an oak lintel and
there is an oven behind the left-hand jamb. The lower-end room
has a large fireplace to the original front wall and the
present kitchen is within the front wing. Late C17 or C18 oak
roof structure has lapped collars and halved and crossed
apexes.

Listing NGR: SS8919214100

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26664512

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Recommended Books

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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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