More information : Abbot Horn records a stone built Falconry at Lodge
Farm, Farleigh Hungerford, which may date to the latter half
of the 16th c. The lower of its two storeys is considered to have
been something like a cart shed, and the upper the Falconry. The
entrance is by an exterior flight of stone steps at the N.end
of the building which is at ST 7967 5801 and has been recently
restored. (See AO/64/271/1 (a))
ST75NE NORTON ST. PHILIP CP
FARLEIGH HUNGERFORD
1/256 The Falconry, Lodge Farm
GV II*
Cartshed and Falconry, now cowshed and store. C14/C15. Rubble
Doulting stone, moulded string course at first floor level and
stone slate gabled roof. 2-storey, rectangular plan, 3 window
east front, with central entrance. Plain chamfered stone window
frames. Central window; stone mullioned with 2 trefoil headed
lights and central quatrefoil opening. To each side, a small
dovecot opening with corbelled perch. Left hand, hollow chamfered
with Hungerford Arms and badge; right hand, with moulded cornice
supported by mitred head. South gable; cart entrance, now blocked
with dripmould over, plain chamfered stone window frame, and
stone framed vent to roof space. North gable; single flight of
stone steps to first floor entrance, hollow chamfered moulded
stone door surround with pointed arch; dovecot openings in gable
apex. First floor interior; plastered with plaster ceiling,
southern end said to have been partitioned off. Scheduled Ancient
Monument (Somerset County No 252). (SANHS, Proceedings Vol.87
1941; J. E. Jackson, A Guide to Farleigh Hungerford, 1879).
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