LOWER MERRIPIT FARMHOUSE
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II*
List Entry Number: 1105416
Date first listed: 06-Mar-1955
Statutory Address: LOWER MERRIPIT FARMHOUSE
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Location
Statutory Address: LOWER MERRIPIT FARMHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Devon
District: West Devon (District Authority)
Parish: Dartmoor Forest
National Park: DARTMOOR
National Grid Reference: SX 65830 79180
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History
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Details
LYDFORD
SX 67 NE
12/15 Lower Merripit Farmhouse
6.3.85
- II*
Longhouse. C16, altered in C19. Granite rubble walls partly colour-washed. Gable
ended corrugated iron roof. 2 granite stacks with dripmoulds, one at the left gable
end and one axial stack constructed of ashlar with a tapering cap.
Plan: Longhouse with shippon to the right, passage, hall and inner room to the
left. Hall stack backs onto the passage. C19 outshuts built on along rear wall.
Exterior: 2 storeys with 1 storey shippon plus loft which has lower roof-line.
Asymmetrical 2-window front, shippon to the right. C20 one and 2-light casements
and C20 plank door to left to centre of house. Right-hand ground floor window has
2-light granite mullion window frame whose mullion has been removed. Rebuilt leanto
porch to passage at centre with wide doorway behind. Door into front of shippon
approximately half way along - probably a later insertion. The front wall of the
inner room shows signs of having been rebuilt.
Interior : Large hall fireplace has corbelled granite jambs and the stack has ashlar
granite back to the passage. C17 oak doorframe from hall to inner room with
lozenge decoration in centre of head. Shippon has central drain, splayed slit
windows (blocked to outside) and probably original cross-beams for hay loft. Also
the remains of one raised cruck truss.
This is a rare example of a simple longhouse with its shippon still unconverted and
fulfilling its original purpose.
Listing NGR: SX6583079180
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 92749
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.
End of official listing