Combe Farmhouse

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CHRISTOW SX 88 SW 5/67 Combe Farmhouse II Former farmhouse. C17 or earlier origins, remodelled and partly rebuilt in the late C18, some C19 and late C20 alterations. Whitewashed rendered stone rubble ; thatched roof, gabled at ends, replaced with slate to rear of ridge ; left end stack with brick shaft, axial granite stack with brick shaft. Plan: 3 room and through passage plan in origin (lower end to the right, hall stack backing on to passage), extended to the rear and re-roofed in the circa late C18 with the rear wall rebuilt providing rear service rooms and an axial first floor corridor; a dairy behind the inner room, service room and dog leg stair behind the former hall and a service room behind the lower end room. The lower end has a lower roofline and may have been altered later than the higher end. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4 window front, the eaves thatch swept down at the right end, C20 porch and wide panelled C18 front door with strap hinges to through passage to right of centre ; 2 first floor and 2 ground floor late C18 or C19 timber casements with lights and glazing bars to the left of the door, C20 2-light casements to lower end to the right and one above the front door. The rear door to the passage is also C18, a plainer plank door with strap hinges ; a 2-light first floor window lighting the stair retains light with square leaded panes. Interior: No exposed ceiling beams, suggesting that the ground floor ceilings were replaced in the C18, partition walls of oak stud with plaster infill between former hall and rear service rooms, good survival of late C18 joinery including shutters and cupboard doors with fielded panels and a complete set of 2-panel C18 doors on the first floor at the higher end. The probably C17 hall fireplace survives with a chamfered timber lintel with granite jambs and a brick-lined bread oven with a rounded iron door. Circa C18/early C19 dog-leg stair with stick balusters and a ramped handrail to rear of hall. The inner rood/dairy partition has been removed, the inner room fireplace is probably a late C18 addition with a re-used lintel ; C18 timber chimneypiece to first floor room above with a Cl9 iron grate. Lower end not inspected at time of survey (1987) but said to be plainer without C18 joinery details (information from owner). Roof: Apex not inspected, principal rafters visible on first floor of higher end appear to be straight, trusses said to be pegged collar rafter design. An attractive thatched house on the roadside.

Listing NGR: SX8368683954

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