Scotts Farm - Bury Lane

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Scotts Farm - Bury Lane

Scotts Farm is one of the many Grade II Listed Buildings in Bratton. Local records suggest that the front portion of the house was built in about 1696, although the cellar is certainly older. At that time the farm was farmed by the Nevill family with 100 acres and was part of the Manor of Bratton leased from Lord Weymouth. As such, it became a tenement called Grants and was part of the Longleat Estate under Lord Bath. What is now the study on the north east side of the building was added in the early 18th century (there is a date in one of the beams, suggesting re-use from an earlier structure, as was quite common). It was largely rebuilt by the tenant John Nevill in the late 18th century following a fire in 1796.

The farm was renamed Scotts when that family held the tenancy in the 19th century. Benjamin Callaway Jnr is listed as the tenant in the 1881 and 1901 censuses and also in 1917/18. Longleat Estates sold the farmhouse and land on 1st June 1920 to Benjamin Callaway for £2,200.

An occupant who lived in the house until the farm was broken up in 1966 said that what is now the study originally housed the kitchen and their only bathroom. The door from the kitchen into the rest of the house is the original back door. In 1989 the occupants demolished a single storey Victorian extension to build what is now the drawing room and master bedroom, and built a single-storey extension to house the kitchen, back door and a utility room. In 2006 the extension above the kitchen was built to house two bathrooms and the back door and utility room into the kitchen was incorporated. A glass passage was added to give boot and coat space and to connect with the old brewhouse which is now the utility room. The separate Granary was also restored. The two date stones on the house record these two recent adaptations.

Historic England listing

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