Baycliffe Farmhouse
BAYCLIFFE FARMHOUSE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1364355
- Date first listed:
- 01-Jul-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Baycliffe Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- BAYCLIFFE FARMHOUSE
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 1999-08-30
- Reference:
- IOE01/01508/19
- Rights:
- © Ms Geraldine Bunn. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1364355
- Date first listed:
- 01-Jul-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Baycliffe Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- BAYCLIFFE FARMHOUSE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BAYCLIFFE FARMHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Horningsham
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 81325 39762
Details
HORNINGSHAM - ST 83 NW 5/107 Baycliffe Farmhouse
II
Farmhouse. C17 and C19. Rubble stone, concrete tiled roof, formerly thatched, brick and ashlar stacks. 'L'-plan. Two storey, 3-windowed; casements. Four-panelled door in ashlar porch with entablature to left of central gable, to left is cyma-moulded cross window with two 2-light cyma-mullioned casements to first floor. Central gable has angle buttresses and one cross window to ground floor, 2-light mullioned window to first floor and blocked loophole to gable, coped verge with kneelers. To right is range with two 2- light casements to ground floor, first floor has two pairs of loopholes. Left return has two cross windows to right of ground floor, two 2-light cyma-mullioned casements to to first floor, to left is gable with cross window with relieving arch and heart- shaped tablet with latin inscription, coped verge and large triple brick stack with ashlar moulded capping. Range to left has ground floor lean-to extension and four pairs of loopholes to first floor. Rear of main range has C20 steel casements, rear of wing has steel casements and planked door. Interior not accessible at time of survey, but said to have blocked open fireplaces and planked doors. Baycliffe was mentioned in Domesday and appears to have been an important Manor until becoming part of the Longleat Estate, in which it remained until mid C20. (R. Colt Hoare, Modern Wiltshire, 1822.)
Listing NGR: ST8132539762
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 313328
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Colt Hoare, R, The History of Modern Wiltshire in The History of Modern Wiltshire, (1822)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 15-Jun-2026 at 03:33:25.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.