Holt Farmhouse, Holt, Wiltshire, BA14 (Grade II)

ST 05 61 HOLT GROUND CORNER (north side)

9/43 Holt Farmhouse

Farmhouse, now detached house. Probably late C16, main range late C17. Rubble stone, tiled roof, stone stacks. L-plan. Two-storey and attic, 3-window. Central C20 door in moulded surround, 3-light ovolo-mullioned casement either side. Continuous lintel string course carried up over door. First floor has central 2-light mullioned casement with flanking 3-light mullioned casements with hoodmoulds. Two full attic gables with 2-light ovolo-mullioned casements with hoodmoulds. Gabled 2-storey wing projecting to left, possibly C16, has C20 casements and half-glazed door. Rear has C20 porch to right, with small pointed chamfered light within, three 2-light mullioned casements with hoodmoulds to ground floor, first floor has four 2-light mullioned casements. Interior has deep chamfered beams with exposed joists in wing. Main range has large open fireplace with moulded Tudor-arched stone surround, chamfered beams with stepped stops in former kitchen to left of entrance. Room to right of entrance has bolection-moulded fireplace and moulded beam; former parlour. Good stairs with continuous newel and winders, moulded plank and muntin partition enclosing stairs up to attic from ground floor. Good planked doors, including one with moulded ribs in wing. Five-bay roof over main range: collar and tie-beam trusses with two tiers of purlins.