Iron Gates And Piers Between St Anne's Chapel And Parish Hall / Iron Gates And Piers Spanning The Row Between St Anne's Chapel And Parish Hall

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

BARNSTAPLE

SS558332 PATERNOSTER ROW 684-1/8/210 Iron gates and piers between St 31/08/88 Anne's Chapel and Parish Hall (Formerly Listed as: PATERNOSTER ROW Iron gates & piers spanning the Row between St Anne's Chapel & Parish Hall)

GV II

Farmhouse. C17 or possibly earlier with C19 and C20 alterations and additions. MATERIALS: rendered cob walls, steep asbestos roof with projecting eaves, brick lateral stack at rear, brick axial and end stacks to part on right. PLAN: 3 room plan on left with original hall to centre. 2 room range added in C17 or remodelled, to right, and of deeper plan at front. Pantry and dairy outshut added in C18 at rear. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 2:2-window range. 3 early C19 3-light casement windows with glazing bars and centre opening lights, otherwise later casement windows with horizontal glazing bars only. Doorway left of right hand range within late C20 conservatory. INTERIOR: little altered and has old plaster surfaces in most rooms, many of deep chamfered C17 crossbeams are also plastered over. In hall and room to left has very eneven fireplace wall arrangement provided for use as washhouse. Muntin and plank screen right of hall and small lobby taken out at back of hall giving separate access to pair of doorways that lead to pantry and dairy, old planked doors and 2 original windows lighting outshut. Room right of hall has winder stair turret at rear which retains original window. Plan form of fireplaces in right hand part of house suggest C17 date. Later features of interest include cast iron grate with hobs in room right of hall. First floor and roof structure not inspected but said to be old, possibly original.

Marwoods Farmhouse retains much character and interest, particularly internally where it has the rare unspoilt atmosphere of a house that has not been altered in recent times. (Faculty Petitions, St Peter and St Paul, Barnstaple, No.2).





Listing NGR: SS5589533206

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/0990 IOE Records taken by Barbara Hilton; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Dr Barbara Hilton. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project