Beara Farmhouse
BEARA FARMHOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1106725
- Date first listed:
- 25-Oct-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Beara Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- BEARA FARMHOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1106725
- Date first listed:
- 25-Oct-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Beara Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- BEARA 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:
- BEARA FARMHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- North Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Chulmleigh
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 70514 17166
Details
CHULMLEIGH SS 71 NW 4/2 Beara Farmhouse - II Farmhouse. Probably C17 origins, much altered in early C19. Stone rubble and cob, upper storey rendered. Bitumenized hipped slate roof. 2 front lateral stacks heightened in brick, with offsets, that to left has tapered cap. Plan: 2-room and virtually central staircase plan, the small right-hand room at upper end divided axially, with a dairy outshut at the rear. The staircase is a C19 insertion, the original plan possibly conforming to a 3-room plan, the lower left end having been demolished, the door at the left end possibly originally giving entry into a through-passage, with the hall to right and inner room beyond, both heated by front lateral stacks. Exterior: 2 storeys. 2-window range. C20 fenestration, all 3-light casements, 6 panes per light. C19 4-panelled door between the stacks, with 1 of the stones of the right-hand jamb inscribed 'Painted 1821'. Leanto slate roof to porch at left end with plank door giving direct entry into hall. Long low range of C19 outbuildings with 5 plank doors and slate roof extends at right angles from left end. Interior: much altered in C19 and C20. Both fireplaces are concealed, and no visible ceiling beams. C19 joinery mainly intact. Roof not accessible.
Listing NGR: SS7051417166
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 97179
- 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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