Knowle Farmhouse
KNOWLE FARMHOUSE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1147433
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Knowle Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- KNOWLE FARMHOUSE
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2003-04-04
- Reference:
- IOE01/10465/28
- Rights:
- © Mr Keith Mackenzie. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1147433
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Knowle Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- KNOWLE 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:
- KNOWLE FARMHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- South Hams (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Rattery
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 72760 61313
Details
RATTERY - SX 76 SW
6/37 Knowle Farmhouse - - II
Farmhouse. Circa C17 with C18 alterations and wing, C19 stables now part of house, and C20 rear extensions. Plastered stone rubble. Slurried slate roof with gabled ends. North east end asbestos slates. Large plastered chimney stack with set-offs at north east (right) end and another axial stack at ridge near south west (left) end. Appears to have been originally a two or three room and through passage plan with stacks at either end, C18 stairs inserted into rear of passage and circa C18 parlour wing at right angles at rear of higher end. Circa C19 stable extension at lower end, now part of house. C20 rear lean-to extensions. Two storeys. Long five window range. C20 casements one on ground floor right in enlarged opening. Wide through passage doorway to right of centre with plank door and heavy timber doorframe with lead mould and with gabled stone porch. Doorway at lower end (left) with slate hood. C18 hipped roof wing to north (rear) forming L-shaped plan. C20 rear lean-to extensions. Interior: C18 staircase at back of through passage with turned balustrade at top. Complete set of trusses with lap-jointed apices to principals and lap- jointed collars, all side-pegged.
Listing NGR: SX7276061313
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 99309
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 15-Jun-2026 at 16:07:47.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.