Bramdean Bramdean 1.0 PARISH Bramdean (Map 1) 2.0 HUNDRED Bishops Sutton 3.0 NGR 460950 127810 4.0 GEOLOGY Upper Chalk; River Valley Gravel 5.0 SITE CONTEXT (Map 2) Bramdean is a relatively large parish that now includes Hinton Ampner. The Bramdean settlement is grouped around a junction of the A272 (81m AOD), that runs roughly south-east to north-west through the valley of a winterbourne, and Woodland Lane that follows a north-east route from the A272. There is a reservoir just to the south of Bramdean Manor and the nearby parish church that is not supplied by the winterbourne or any other obvious watercourse. It therefore seems likely that the reservoir is spring fed. Just 2.5km south-west of Bramdean, in Hinton Ampner, are the springs that are the source of the river Itchen. 6.0 PLAN TYPE & DESCRIPTION (Maps 3, 4 and 5) Church & manor house; farm cluster; regular row 6.1 Church & manor house The group comprises the parish church of Ss Simon and Jude accompanied by the adjacent Bramdean Manor (west) and the buildings of Manor Farm (east). The site(s) occupy a commanding up slope position where they overlook the valley course of the A 272 wherein the greater part of Bramdean settlement lies. It is difficult to assess the antiquity of this church and manor group. The church is C12 and has not a trace of architectural features earlier than this. No church is mentioned under the Domesday Book and so it is quite possible that the present building was the first on this site. The extant manor house is late medieval (C17). Bramdean Farm is a post- medieval complex. In spite of the absence of pre-Conquest construction evidence, Domesday Book does state that before 1066 Bramdean was held as three manors. Woodcote Manor is likely to have been one of these and it is probable that Bramdean Manor group represented the administrative centre of one of the other two. 6.2 Farm Cluster The principal road layout in Bramdean is rectilinear. Three of the sides of this rectangle are formed by roads that are still in common use. They are the A272 (north- east), Church Lane (north-west), and the lane that leads to Malthouse Farm (south- east). The rectangle is not closed to the south-west but the position of field boundaries are indicative of a former pathway between Malthouse Farm and Manor Farm. There are four known farmhouses in Bramdean settlement and the location of these relative to each other is interesting: each is positioned at the corner of the rectangle of roads described above. Manor Farm (west) has no structural evidence Bramdean Bramdean earlier than the C18 but it is adjacent to the C12 and late medieval manor house. Westend Farm (once Moody's Farm) has C17 barns, Bramdean Farmhouse (east) is C17, and Malthouse Farmhouse (south) is C16. This suggests that the arrangement of farms at Bramdean is at least late medieval in origin but an earlier date is possible. 6.3 Regular row On the north side of the A 272, beginning at the junction with Wood Lane to a point just east of The Fox Inn, is a line of roadside property plots, most of them rectilinear but of variable size. Many of these plots contain late medieval buildings. From west to east, Manchester House is C15, The Old Cottage C17, and Bramdean Cottage C16. The Post Cottage (C16) must be considered as a part of this group but it is situated back from the A 272 and strictly speaking it is aligned at a right angle to Wood Lane. Other plots in this row have buildings of C18 and later but it is not clear whether these represent replacements for earlier structures or the in-fill buildings of an attenuated layout. On the south side of the A272, immediately opposite the entrance to Wood Lane, is the Old Rectory (C16). Immediately east of this building is a field that contains substantial earthworks (paragraphs 11.3 and 16.1) and so it is possible that there was once a south row of medieval properties alongside the A 272. 6.4 Site visit conditions: strong sun (26.3.2002) 7.0 ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL (Map 5) 7.1 AsAP 7.1.1 An area that encompasses the whole of the medieval church and manor house group (paragraph 6.1). 7.1.2 A block of land c.100m south-east of the Old Rectory including the area defined by paragraphs 11.3 and 11.4, Porch Cottage, The Fox Inn, Bramdean Farm, and the Old Curate's House. 7.1.3 Malthouse Farm (C16) and the land within its curtilage. 7.1.4 The C16 Old Rectory and its grounds. 7.2 AsHAP 7.2.1 The parish church and graveyard (including the extension) of Ss Simon and Jude (C12), and land within the curtilage of Bramdean Manor (C17). See paragraph 6.1. 7.2.3 The whole are of the settlement row on the north side of the A 272 and the grounds of the Old Rectory. Buildings within this area have dates as early as C15 and C16. Later buildings may represent replacements for late medieval buildings (paragraph 6.3). Bramdean Bramdean 8.0 CHURCH & CHURCHYARD St Simon & St Jude Late C12 (c. 1170) in the gothic style with a plain north doorway, chancel, chancel arch, and nave windows; With the exception of the south chapel, the exterior of the church is entirely rendered; C15 west window; 1863 chancel repaired and re-roofed; The lower part of a late medieval coffin slab in positioned east of the north door. 9.0 BUILDINGS (Map 4) PRN Details Dates Grade 9718 Tempus House, A272 north side late C18 II 9720 Hinton Ampner CE Primary School, A272 north side of mid C18 II 1376 The Turnpike, A272, north side C19 or earlier II 9721 Westend Farmhouse (Moody’s Farmhouse) C17, 18, 19 II 9722 West End Farmhouse: barns to north- east of C17, 18 II 542 Bramdean House, A272 north side c. 1740, 1820, 1900 II* 1676 Bramdean House: gates & railings in front of c.1900 II 9723 Bramdean House, garden walls to rear of c.1900 II 104 Bramdean House: gazebo to rear of mid C18 II 1791 Little Dean, A272 north side early C18, 19 II 9724 Manchester House, A272 north side late C15, 16, 18, 19 II 9725 The Old Cottage, A272 north side C17, 18 II 9726 Bramdean Cottage, A272 north side C16, 17, 19, 20 II 9727 Gomms, A272 north side C19 II 106 Woodcote Manor (Woodcote Manor House) A272 north side C15, 17, 20 II* 9728 Woodcote Manor: coach house at C17, 19 II 9729 Woodcote Manor: barn 20m east of coach house C17 II 9730 The Gardener’s Cottage, A272 north side c. 1911 II 9731 Woodcote Manor: garden wall and gazebo west-south-west of c. 1911 II 9732 Little London Cottage, A272 south side C17, 18 II 9733 The Old Rectory, A 272 south side C16, 17, 19 II 9734 The Fox Inn, A272 south side C17, 18, 20 II 103 Bramdean Farmhouse, A272 south side C17, 18 II 9735 Brockwood Lodge, Brockwood Park early C19 II Bramdean Bramdean 1550 Brockwood Park House, Brockwood Park 1769, 1774 II 9736 Brockwood House: barn 100m east of mid C18 II 8002 Brockwood House: granary 100m east of C18 II 9737 Brockwood House: barn & cartshed 100m east of C18, 19 II 9738 Manor House (Bramdean Manor) c. 1740, C18, 20 II 9789 7 tomb chests in churchyard C18, 19 II 105 Church of St Simon & St Jude, Church Lane late C12, C19 II* 9740 Old Curates House, Fox Lane C18, 1950 II 9741 Yew Tree Cottage, Hinton Hill C16, 18, 20 II 9742 & 3 7 & 8 Hinton Hill C16, 20 II 9744 6, Hinton Hill C19 or earlier II 9745 & 6 4 & 5 Hinton Hill C17, 18 II 9747 Hinton Ampner Place (The Old Rectory) c. 1712-17, C20 II* 9748 Hinton Ampner Place: retaining wall in front of C19 II 9749 Hinton Ampner Place: stable block 10m north of C18, 20 II 9750 3, Hinton Hill C16, 18, 20 II 9751 Godwins Farmhouse, Hinton Ampner C17, 18 II 9752 Manor Farmhouse, Hinton Ampner C18, 19 II 9753 All Saints Church, Hinton Park (formerly Hinton Ampner) C13, 19, 1879 II* 9754 Hinton Ampner House (formerly listed under Hinton Ampner) c. 1790, 1875, 1937 II 9755 Porch Cottage, Malthouse Lane, Bramdean C18, 20 II 9756 Tanners, Malthouse Lane C17, 18, 19, 20 II 9757 Malthouse Farmhouse, Malthouse Lane C16, 17, 18, c. 1920 II 9758 Malthouse Harmhouse: stable block 5m south-west of C18 II 9759 Malthouse Farmhouse: barn 20m west of C18 II 9760 Malthouse Farmhouse: dairy 25m west- north-west of early C19 II 9761 Caroline Cottage, Wood Lane late C18 II 9762 Fir Tree Cottage, Wood Lane C18, 19 II 9763 Old Post Cottage, Wood Lane C16, 18 II 9764 April Cottage, Wood Lane early C19 II 9765 Hinton Woodland Farmhouse C16, 18 II Bramdean Bramdean 9766 Hinton Woodland Farmhouse: barn 30m south-west of farmhouse early C18 II 297 1 Hinton Woodland Cottages early C18, 19 II 9767 Joan’s Acre C16, c. 1948 II 9768 Black House Farmhouse C16, 17 II 10.0 SMR DATA SW 460750 127600 , NE 461720 128300 (Map 4) SU62NW No. 6 460990 127810 Medieval. Late C12 parish church of St Simon and St Jude (see paragraph 8.0). 8 461385 127630 Medieval. Malthouse Farmhouse. C16 timber- framed farmhouse of three bays.