Giffords Farmhouse and barn
Giffords Farmhouse and barn, Langford Lane, Pen Elm, Taunton, TA2 6NZ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1060466
- Date first listed:
- 12-Nov-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Giffords Farmhouse and barn
- Statutory Address:
- Giffords Farmhouse and barn, Langford Lane, Pen Elm, Taunton, TA2 6NZ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1060466
- Date first listed:
- 12-Nov-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Giffords Farmhouse and barn
- Statutory Address 1:
- Giffords Farmhouse and barn, Langford Lane, Pen Elm, Taunton, TA2 6NZ
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Giffords Farmhouse and barn, Langford Lane, Pen Elm, Taunton, TA2 6NZ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Norton Fitzwarren
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 19973 27003
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 15/01/2020
ST22 NW
ST12 NE
5/145
4/145
NORTON FITZWARREN CP
Pen Elm
Langford Lane
Giffords Farmhouse and barn
(Formerly listed under LANGFORD)
12.11.84
GV
II*
Farmhouse. C16, altered mid C20, undergoing extensive restoration at time of survey (May 1984). Roughcast over cob, rear wing faced in rubble, double Roman tiled roof with slight bell-cast and overhanging caves, small rebuilt stack right gable end, large external stepped stack on facade left of entrance, tall brick stack rising from eaves left.
L-plan, three cell and cross passage lying north-east south-west with coeval two cell west wing extended as outbuildings. Two storeys, C20 fenestration, tall dormer window rising from eaves left of stack, small glazed opening first floor right, unexplained recess in facade beyond, ground floor two window openings left of lateral stack, one to right of C20 doorway with imported C19 Ham stone plaque above carved with initials CLP. Right gable end unlit, long left return with C20 fenestration.
Interior: stud and-panel screens to cross passage, partly decayed right, peaked doorframe, chamfered joists above, apex of moulded four-centred arch to back door remains: kitchen right of cross passage with stair set against rear Hall, chamfered lintel to fireplace, bread oven and evidence of curing chamber; to left, hollow chamfer six-panel compartment ceiling partly cut by inserted stair against rear wall, recess to left of rebuilt fireplace lit on facade, framed partition to end room, moulded four-panel compartment ceiling, framed west hall to wing, with another framed partition beyond, four peaked doorframes at this junction. First floor two pairs of framed jointed trusses exposed with intermediate trusses at upper end formed of cusped common rafters in three tiers notched into chamfered purlins with runout stops; lower end not sighted, west gable end timber framed with concave wind braces partly cut by inserted C20 window. A remarkable survival in this area of original timber work.
Listing NGR: ST1997327003
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 270653
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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