Westweek Farmhouse

Date:
2 Jun 2004
Location:
Westweek Farmhouse, Chulmleigh, North Devon, Devon, EX18 7EE
Reference:
IOE01/12507/13
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

CHULMLEIGH SS 71 NW 4/26 Westweek Farmhouse - II Farmhouse. C17, but possibly earlier fabric concealed. Painted rendered stone rubble and cob. Thatch roof with gable ends. Brick shaft to stone rubble stack at left end, axial brick stack and rear lateral stone rubble stack to rear lower end.

Plan: 3-room and through-passage plan, with integral lofted stables attached to right lower end. The lower end room is heated to the rear lateral stack, the hall by stack backing onto through-passage, which contains straight run staircase, and there is a further staircase running up rear wall of inner room at left end. The farmhouse was probaly split into 2 occupation in the C19.

Exterior: 2 storeys. 2-window range. C19 fenestration principally ntact, all 2- light casements to upper storey. Ground floor has C20 window to left of C20 door to inner room, a 2-light casement, 12 panes per light and 3-light casement 10 panes per light to left of plank door to through-passage doorway. 2-light casement 9 panes per light to lower end and loft door over plank door to integral stables at right end.

Interior: brief inspection suggested interior was largely remodelled in C19. The hall fireplace has cambered brick arch and rough chamfered cross ceiling beam. It is possible, howegver, that the roof structure is of interest and requires further investigation.

Listing NGR: SS7328216850

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1022 IOE Records taken by Hedley R Hooper; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Hedley R. Hooper. Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Hooper, Hedley R.

Rights Holder: Hooper, Hedley R.

Keywords

Cob, Render, Rubble, Stone, Thatch, Timber, Tudor Farmhouse, Elizabethan Domestic, Stuart Agricultural Dwelling, Jacobean Dwelling, House, Agriculture And Subsistence, Farm Building, Agricultural Building, Hayloft, Stable, Animal Shed, Transport