Pond Close Farmhouse, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 (Grade II)

CORSHAM THE RIDGE ST 86 NE 3/363 Pond Close Farmhouse GV II

Farmhouse, C17, rubble stone with stone-tiled roofs, west end and ridge stacks. Two and a half storeys. Recessed ovolo-moulded mullion windows with hoodmoulds. South front has dormer gable each side, two 2-light attic windows, 3 first floor 3-light windows, outer windows with relieving arches, and ground floor 4-light with king-mullion and relieving arch, 2-light, door in ashlar shallow porch with hood and C19 sixteen-pane sash with dripstone, relieving arch of original 4-light surviving above. At west end, outbuilding with door on south side, reset 2-light window and hoodmould to north. North side of main range has fine central curved stair tower with stone-tiled roof reaching into blank gable. To left, ground floor single-light with hood interrupted by stair tower and first floor left 3-light with hoodmould. To right, C20 door and dormer gable to right with 2-light attic window and 3-light to first floor, both with hoodmoulds. House is extended to east with ‘T’-plan range, 2-storey with one storey and attic wing running south. South end stack and west side door and 3-light mullion window with hoodmould. Chamfered and stopped beams in main range, west end timber-lintel fireplace.