Barn and Front Yard With Walls Approx 200 Metres West of Birch Oak Farmhouse
BARN AND FRONT YARD WITH WALLS APPROX 200 METRES WEST OF BIRCH OAK FARMHOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1098222
- Date first listed:
- 16-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Barn and Front Yard With Walls Approx 200 Metres West of Birch Oak Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- BARN AND FRONT YARD WITH WALLS APPROX 200 METRES WEST OF BIRCH OAK FARMHOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1098222
- Date first listed:
- 16-Mar-1988
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 08-Nov-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Barn and Front Yard With Walls Approx 200 Metres West of Birch Oak Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- BARN AND FRONT YARD WITH WALLS APPROX 200 METRES WEST OF BIRCH OAK FARMHOUSE
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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:
- BARN AND FRONT YARD WITH WALLS APPROX 200 METRES WEST OF BIRCH OAK FARMHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- East Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Yarcombe
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 25016 09872
Details
In the entry for:-
ST 20 NE YARCOMBE
8/153 Barn and front terrace walls - approx 200m west of Birch Oak Farmhouse GV II
the address akall be amended to read:- Barn and front yard with walls approx 200m west of Birch Oak Farmhouse
and the list description should be amended to read:-
Field barn. Circa 1840. Local stone and chert with Hamstone ashlar gable copings and kneelers, corrugated asbestos roof. Built across the hillside as a bank-barn, facing north, with central plank doors flanked by shallow midstrey buttresses; to the left an added lean-to at low level, with wide door opening to west, and low right of midstrey an arched opening to an undercroft. The upper, or south side, has central plank doors to full height, and a loading hatch at high level each side. Interior in 3 bays, with framed principals and tie-beam but added collar, two clasped purlins; all the roof timbers appear to be original, and the purlins are tusk-tenoned to principal rafters. Interior seems always to have been without floors to hay lofts. On the north side a stone wall running west from the west gable, and returning to enclose a square yard, concrete paved. An attractive and very complete farm group, similar to other barns in the area, part of the Yarncombe Estate, built at the expense of Sir T.F.E. Drake. The building has high landscape value.
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YARCOMBE ST 20 NE 8/153 Barn and front terrace walls - approximately 200 metres west of Birch Oak Farmhouse GV II
Field barn. Circa 1840. Local stone and flint rubble with Hamstone ashlar dressings; corrugated asbestos roof, formerly slate. The threshing barn is built across the hillslope and faces north. It has opposing central full height doorways onto the threshing floor. The front doorway contains double doors and is flanked by short projecting midstrey walls. The rear doorway also flanked by short projecting midstrey walls. The rear doorway also contains double doors and there is a hayloft loading hatch each side. The roof is gable-ended with Hamstone shaped kneelers and coping. Interior was not inspected. The ground falls away in front of the barn but there is a terrace there revetted with stone rubble walls which rise to a low parapet. This is an attractive field barn built in the style of several other barns in the area which were part of the Yarcombe estate and built at the expense of Sir T F E Drake in the 1830's and 1840's. This particular example is well-preserved and has strong landscape value.
Listing NGR: ST2501609872
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 86708
- 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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