Southwood

Cadw's description

Location

Situated down short drive S of A487 about I km E of Newgale Sands.

History

Substantial farmhouse, dated 1822 on a roof beam. Marked on 1837 Tithe Map as owned by Richard Bright, occupied by Thomas Walters. Owned in the late C19 by W. Stancomb, cloth manufacturer, of Blounts Court, Wiltshire.

Exterior

Large farmhouse. Cement render and rubble stone with concrete-tile roof (grouted slate in 1963), and three rendered stacks on front range, one on rear NW gable. Two storeys, L-plan with NW rear wing. S front is rendered (rubble stone on 1963 list), 5-window range, roughly in two halves divided by ridge stack, 3-window range to main house to right, and 2-window service range to left. Only 3 original hornless 12-pane sashes survive, on first floor of house, otherwise replaced by C20 12-pane windows with tilting top-lights, one such also replacing former front door. Service wing has 2-window first floor, one window to ground floor right. W gable-end and W side of rear wing are rendered with similar C20 windows, 2-window range to W gable, one-window to rear wing. E end of main house has large lean-to, whitewashed rubble stone S end with C20 casement pair and orignal 9-pane sash above. Grouted slate roof removed 1997.
Rear is comparatively unaltered. Rear of main range is whitewashed rubble stone with fine long 24-pane stair-light flanked by first floor 12-pane sashes. Ground floor small 12-pane sash to left, C20 window and door with overlight to right. E lean-to has N end first floor 8-pane sash, and 2 cambered-headed dairy windows below. Stone voussoirs to window heads.
NW rear wing is unpainted rubble stone, with E cambered-headed 15-pane stair-light to left, in angle to main range. N gable end has small roundel loft light, one first floor 12-pane sash and one to ground floor, between 2 stone lean-to additions, the left one tall and narrow.
Whitewashed rubble stone low walls in front of house, tall rubble stone walled garden walls to W.

Interior

Not inspected. Said to have 1822 date on roof beam and early C19 stick baluster staircase.

Reason for designation

Included as a substantial early Cl9 farmhouse, with group value in one of the most complete sets of traditional farm buildings in the region.