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© Dr Neil Bentham
IoE Number:
350220
Location:
FIR TREE FARMHOUSE AND ATTACHED OUTBUILDINGS, HIGH STREET
BLAGDON, NORTH SOMERSET, SOMERSET
Photographer:
Dr Neil Bentham
Date Photographed:
03 April 2007
Date listed:
01 December 1994
Date of last amendment:
01 December 1994
Grade
II
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The following building shall be added to the list:-
ST 45 NE BLAGDON HIGH STREET
9/10008 Fir Tree Farmhouse and
attached outbuildings
GV II
Farmhouse. Late C17, extended in C18 and early/mid C19, and refronted mid C19. Roughly
coursed local rubble, probably Dolomitic Conglomerate, with some later C19 brick dressings; gabled
pantile roofs; rendered and brick left-end and ridge stacks to house. Original T-plan with rear left
kitchen wing to 2-unit front range which has heated rooms with off-centre lobby entry dividing
left-hand from larger right-hand room. 2 storeys; 3-window range with segmental heads to mid C19
door and horned 8/8-pane sashes. Rear wing and flanking C19 outshuts have C19/20 2-light
casements. Interior noted as having retained original chamfered and stop-chamfered beams to ground
floor; C17/18 plank doors with wrought-iron fittings; mid C18 china cupboard in right-hand room
with panelled doors and shaped shelves; large open fireplace to left with moulded mantleshelf; C18
moulded surround to flint-floor fireplace on right of axial stack; roof rebuilt in C19, but retains
elements of original roof with staggered butt purlins. Subsidiary Features: early/mid C19 coach
house/cider house with loft to right, with plank loft door above segmental-arched carriage entry;
interior noted as having C19 cider press. Two-storey early/mid C19 stables to left, with plank loft
door above 2 plank doors with timber lintels; timber lintels over 2-light casements to each floor on
left. Later C19 brick and stone outbuildings with pantile roof further to left. The original building
comprises an interesting example of a more centralised plan form, representing an early incursion of
this type into the vernacular of this area.