Unoccupied House Approximately 40 Metres to South East of Bridgetown Farmhouse
UNOCCUPIED HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 40 METRES TO SOUTH EAST OF BRIDGETOWN FARMHOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1105230
- Date first listed:
- 29-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Unoccupied House Approximately 40 Metres to South East of Bridgetown Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- UNOCCUPIED HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 40 METRES TO SOUTH EAST OF BRIDGETOWN FARMHOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1105230
- Date first listed:
- 29-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Unoccupied House Approximately 40 Metres to South East of Bridgetown Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- UNOCCUPIED HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 40 METRES TO SOUTH EAST OF BRIDGETOWN FARMHOUSE
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.
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:
- UNOCCUPIED HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 40 METRES TO SOUTH EAST OF BRIDGETOWN FARMHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- West Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Iddesleigh
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 55584 07176
Details
IDDESLEIGH SS 50 NE 4/105 Unoccupied house approximately - 40 metres to south east of Bridgetown Farmhouse GV II Unoccupied former farmhouse. Early C16 with C17 alterations. Partly rendered rubble and cob walls. Gable ended corrugated iron roof. Projecting front lateral stack - probably rubble with brick shaft but at present overgrown with ivy. Plan: 3-room and through passage plan, lower end to the right. Hall at least originally open to the roof with central hearth, replacement of roof structures to higher and lower ends make their original form unclear. Hall ceiled in circa early C17 with front lateral stack added at the same time. Lower room heated by gable end stack. C19 brick wall inserted between hall and passage. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical front the windows of which are overgrown. 3 doorways, those at the left and right end have been inserted, the original door to the passage is at the centre and retains its original roundheaded door frame with small roll-moulding. Projecting chimney stack to its left with adjoining semi- circular oven projection to its right. Interior: lower room has fireplace with cambered chamfered and step-stopped wooden lintel. Hall has chamfered cross beams with convex stops. Its fireplace has chamfered wooden lintel resting on curved wooden corbels with vertical grooves cut into them. Built in settle against higher end wall has curved bench end. Roundheaded wooden doorframe to inner room lightly chamfered on hall side. Roof: original smoke-blackened roof truss, purlins and ridge survive over hall. The truss is of heavy scantling and its front blade has a curved foot. Threaded purlins and ridge, the morticed collar has been removed. Over the lower end is a probably C17 truss consisting of straight principals with morticed apex, trenched purlins and no collar.
Listing NGR: SS5558407176
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 93213
- 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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