The mediaeval great hall forms the core of the house and its tall windows are visible in the centre of the eastern front.
In about 1860 a major expansion was made, by the addition of a service wing to the west, almost doubling the size of the house, and a new entrance front, with three storey central porch, was created on the south side.
In 1875, the Walronds built All Saints Chapel, designed by Hayward, to the east of the house with roadside access, slightly to the south of the eastern entrance gate.
[11] The descent of Walrond of Bradfield is thus:[12][13] "This lowe built chamber to each obvious [21] eye Seemes like a little chapell where he lye Here in this tumbe my flesh shall rest in hope When ere I dye this is my aime & scope".
In 1996 the police with child protection officers opened an investigation into allegations of sexual and physical abuse in the school, but no evidence was discovered to support such claims.
In 1997, the year it of its closure, Government statistics revealed that of all youths appearing at nearby Cullompton Magistrates' Court, one third gave Bradfield House as their address.
Bradfield House, east front. In the centre is the mediaeval great hall; the projecting gables are from
circa
1600, left the drawing room, right the "Spanish Room". The smaller projections in the angles of the corners are left: the original entrance porch, right: the "Oriel Room"
Great Hall, Bradfield House, Devon, looking toward the north gable wall showing the arms of King James I and a crudely executed wall-painting of two soldiers. The Walrond arms can be seen painted on the window splays to the right
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The door in the back wall leads to the "Spanish Room" via the internal porch. The door to the right leads to the "Oriel Room"
The Parlour or "Spanish Room", Bradfield House, Uffculme, Devon. Showing inner porch
Arms of Walrond of Bradfield, Devon:
Argent, three bull's heads cabossed sable armed or
; Crest:
A heraldic tiger sable pellete
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8
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Tomb chest in Bradfield Chapel, north aisle, Uffculme Church, Devon, probably of William Walrond (1610–1669)
Reclining effigy described by Pevsner as "c. 1700",
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presumed to be of Sir William Walrond (1639–1689) of Bradfield House. Not in its original position, it was probably formerly surrounded by an elaborate canopy, and the now separate half-figures of mourners, probably representing his wife and children, are now placed in front of him on top of a chest tomb inscribed with the date 1663, probably of his grandfather William Walrond (1610–1669), husband of Ursula Specott
Arms of Walrond impaling Floyer (
Sable, a chevron between three arrows argent
). Detail from pulpit in St Mary the Virgin church, Uffculme. This refers to the marriage of Henry III Walrond (d.1724) to his second wife Elizabeth Floyer (d.1749), a daughter of William Floyer of
Floyer Hayes
near Exeter
Sir John Walrond, 1st Baronet (1818–1889), President of the
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
(1874), and Benefactor. Portrait by
George Frederic Watts
(1817–1904). Commissioned by the Trustees of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. Collection of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, Devon
