Group of Farmbuildings, Comprising Planned Farmstead With Granary, Root Store and Straw Barn, Cart Sheds, Shippons, Shelter Sheds, and Stables Approximately 15 Metres West of Dinnaton Farmhouse

GROUP OF FARMBUILDINGS, COMPRISING PLANNED FARMSTEAD WITH GRANARY, ROOT STORE AND STRAW BARN, CART SHEDS, SHIPPONS, SHELTER SHEDS, AND STABLES APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES WEST OF DINNATON FARMHOUSE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1165416
Date first listed:
18-Mar-1986
List Entry Name:
Group of Farmbuildings, Comprising Planned Farmstead With Granary, Root Store and Straw Barn, Cart Sheds, Shippons, Shelter Sheds, and Stables Approximately 15 Metres West of Dinnaton Farmhouse
Statutory Address:
GROUP OF FARMBUILDINGS, COMPRISING PLANNED FARMSTEAD WITH GRANARY, ROOT STORE AND STRAW BARN, CART SHEDS, SHIPPONS, SHELTER SHEDS, AND STABLES APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES WEST OF DINNATON FARMHOUSE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1165416
Date first listed:
18-Mar-1986
List Entry Name:
Group of Farmbuildings, Comprising Planned Farmstead With Granary, Root Store and Straw Barn, Cart Sheds, Shippons, Shelter Sheds, and Stables Approximately 15 Metres West of Dinnaton Farmhouse
Statutory Address 1:
GROUP OF FARMBUILDINGS, COMPRISING PLANNED FARMSTEAD WITH GRANARY, ROOT STORE AND STRAW BARN, CART SHEDS, SHIPPONS, SHELTER SHEDS, AND STABLES APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES WEST OF DINNATON FARMHOUSE

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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.

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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
GROUP OF FARMBUILDINGS, COMPRISING PLANNED FARMSTEAD WITH GRANARY, ROOT STORE AND STRAW BARN, CART SHEDS, SHIPPONS, SHELTER SHEDS, AND STABLES APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES WEST OF DINNATON FARMHOUSE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Devon
District:
North Devon (District Authority)
Parish:
Swimbridge
National Grid Reference:
SS 62052 28128

Details

SWIMBRIDGE SS 62 NW 11/168 Group of farmbuildings, comprising planned farmstead with granary, root store and straw barn, cart sheds, shippons, shelter sheds and stables approximately 15 metres west of Dinnaton Farmhouse

GV II

Group of farmbuildings, comprising planned farmstead with granary, root store and straw barn, cart sheds, shippons, shelter sheds and stables. 1853. Stone rubble with some brick. Slate roofs. Courtyard plan with shippons, lofted shelter sheds and stables enclosing 2 parallel stock buildings built gable end to the cart sheds, barn, granary and processing plant which forms the T-shaped fourth side to the top end of the courtyard, built into the bank with cart access to the first floor to rear. Cart sheds with loft over have 4 cambered brick arches supported on granite pillars. Shippons on east side have 3 doorways and window openings to the courtyard side, giving access to the lofts above the shelter sheds with 6 cambered brick arches on the outer face. 2 doorways to stables with axial brick stack on west side. The 2 parallel stock buildings are now bridged by a gabled corrugated iron roof to the central passage; the range to east side has 3 doorways with ventilation slits with the majority of its interior fittings intact. The west range has a wide cart opening with single doorway to left and 2 doorways to right with slightly cambered brick arches. The storage and processing end has a cambered stone arch with loft door above at the west end and external stone steps to loft door with 1853 datestone with Bedford crest above at east gable end. The original gearing and some of the machinery intact. The farmstead was formerly part of the Duke of Bedford estate.

Listing NGR: SS6205228128

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Legacy System number:
98650
Legacy System:
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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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