HOLLACOMBE HOUSE
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1105941
- Date first listed:
- 26-Aug-1965
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 20-May-1985
- Statutory Address:
- HOLLACOMBE HOUSE
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- HOLLACOMBE HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Mid Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Crediton Hamlets
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 81110 00288
Details
SS 80 SW CREDITON HAMLETS
3/77 Hollacombe House (formerly
26.8.65 listed as Hollacombe Farmhouse)
II
Large farmhouse. Probably C16 or C17, rebuilt in C18, refurbished and refronted in
mid C19. Front of stucco on cob with rubble footings with whitewashed brick on
rubble footings to rear; stone and brick stacks; concrete tile roof (thatched
until circa 1960). L-shaped building. Main block facing south with rear block
behind left (west) end. 3-room front block with cross passage to rear stair left
of centre room. End stacks and rear lateral stack to centre. 2 storeys. Regular
4-window front framed by slightly projecting flat-faced plinth, end pilasters and
strips and eaves cornice. 6-panel front door with overlight, panelled reveals and
flat-roofed Tuscan porch of 2 granite columns on block bases with responds and
wooden entablature. Flanking late C19 flat-roofed canted bay windows with moulded
entablature, 4-pane forward sash with horns, narrow side lights, granite sills and
panelled base. Left bay has C20 door intruded to front. Other windows are 16-pane
sashes without horns. Projecting eaves on pairs of shaped brackets and roof hipped
each side. Rear wing has 16-pane sashes to first floor and casements below with
roof hipped to rear. Back of main block is C18 brick with burnt headers and
includes some C18 or C19 timber casements with small panes. Interior has mostly
C19 fittings but large volcanic stone fireplace exposed to rear of centre room
which has C20 replacement lintel; it is presumably C16 or C17 hall fireplace.
House seems to have adapted C16 or C17 3-room-and-through-passage plan and
contemporary features are probably hidden. Roof not inspected.
Listing NGR: SS8111000288
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 95178
- 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
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