Burrowhayes Farmhouse
BURROWHAYES 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:
- 1174840
- Date first listed:
- 22-May-1969
- List Entry Name:
- Burrowhayes Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- BURROWHAYES 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:
- 2001-10-29
- Reference:
- IOE01/02509/25
- Rights:
- © Mr R.M Rayner. 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:
- 1174840
- Date first listed:
- 22-May-1969
- List Entry Name:
- Burrowhayes Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- BURROWHAYES 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:
- BURROWHAYES FARMHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Luccombe
- National Park:
- Exmoor
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 89801 46071
Details
SS84NE LUCCOM8E CP WEST LUCCOMBE
1/65 Burrowhayes Farmhouse
22.5.69
- II
Farmhouse, C16, enlarged or partly rebuilt late C18-early Cl9, altered mid C19. Red sandstone random rubble, triple ridge tiles, overhanging eaves, external stone stack west gable end, large lateral stack centre, external stone stack south east gable end. L-plan, 3-cell and cross passage rebuilt and enlarged. South front: one and a half storeys, all late C18-early C19 casements, two 2-light dormers left of lateral stack, one right, two tiny C20 windows above entrance, cross gable end unlit, ground floor 2-light left, two similar right of inserted doorway, to left of lateral stack 4-light ogee headed wooden window frame, foliage decoration in spandrels with initials WS flanking central mullion, fine moulded ogee headed door frame right, no stops to jambs, C19 plank door, under triple ridge tiled pentice porch extended left over window, plank door to entrance left. Right return, 2 bays, canted bay on ground floor with half glazed door right. Interior not seen; said to contain finely moulded 12-panel compartment ceiling, cut by resited cross passage partition when stairs inserted, and 4 pairs of jointed cruck trusses. (VAG Report, unpublished SRO, October 1980).
Listing NGR: SS8980146071
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 265348
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Vernacular Architecture Group Report in October, (1980)
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 07-Jun-2026 at 22:03:03.
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.