Listed Building record MDO27862 - Bishop's Court, Shapwick

Formerly Bishop's Farm House. Two storeys with attics, with walls of brick, greensand and heathstone, and tiled roofs. The house is mainly 1857, although the south west wing (containing the kitchen) is probably late sixteenth century, and appears to be part of the old manor house of Shapwick Champayne. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

Bishop's Court, formerly Bishop's Farm House, of two storeys with attics, has walls of brick, Greensand and Heathstone, and tile covered roofs. The house is largely of 1857, but a late 16th century south west wing containg the kitchen appears to be part of the old manor house of Shapwick Champayne, 'the ancient seat of the Huseys ... long since turned into; a farm house'. <1>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 59 (Monograph). SDO129.

'(4) Bishop's Court (93580188), formerly Bishop's Farm House, of two storyes with attics, has walls of brick,Greensand and Heathstone, and tile-covered roofs. The house is largely of 1857, but a late 16th-century S.W. wing containing the kitchen appears to be part of the old manor house of Shapwick Champayne, 'the ancient seat of the Huseys … long since turned into a farm-house' (Hutchins III, 165).

The N.E. range is wholly of 1857. Vestiges of the 16th-century building remain between modern window openings in the N.W. and S.W. elevations. The gabled S.W. wall of the kitchen, with a large chimneystack intact to roof level, is of the 16th century. Adjacent on the S.W. is a single-storeyed 17th-century scullery, in one corner of which an 18th-centuy bread oven has been built; the S.E. wall of the scullery, however, appears to be of the 16th cnetury.

Inside, the kitchen and the study have heavy ceiling beams with deep chamfers. The chambers over these rooms have chamfered beams with shaped stops.'

<1.1> Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds), 1861, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 1, 165 (Monograph). SWX4496.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1978 (Map). SDO17396.

(ST 93580188) Bishops Court Farm (NAT)

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 23 2024 12:59PM