Description

ST 86 SE MELKSHAM BATH ROAD (west side)

3/11 No 65 (Shurnhold Farmhouse)

29.9.50 II

Farmhouse. Early C18. Rubblestone, stone slate roof with coped verges and ashlar stacks. L-plan. 2-storey and attic, 4 windows. Entrance door is in facade facing road in cyma-moulded case, to one 2-light cyma-mullioned window to left. First floor has one 2-light cyma-mullioned window above string course. Wing to right projects to front and has central blocked chamfered door case now with 2- light chamfered window, one 2-light cyma-mullioned window to either side and string course rased above door lintel. First floor has three 2-light cyma-mullioned windows. Right return is gable end with blocked 2-light cyma-mullioned window with drip mould to ground, first and attic floors. Rear of this wing has two 2-light cyma-mullioned windows to first floor and single-storey outshot. Rear of main wing has stone canted bay and cyma-mullioned windows to ground and first floors. Interior not inspected. The wing with entrance front is of slightly later date than wing at right-angle to road.

Listing NGR: ST8960664657

External Links

• Wikidata Q26488065

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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