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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