Pound House to South West of Rill Farmhouse
POUND HOUSE TO SOUTH WEST OF RILL FARMHOUSE, COLSTON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1209054
- Date first listed:
- 30-Dec-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Pound House to South West of Rill Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- POUND HOUSE TO SOUTH WEST OF RILL FARMHOUSE, COLSTON ROAD
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1209054
- Date first listed:
- 30-Dec-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Pound House to South West of Rill Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- POUND HOUSE TO SOUTH WEST OF RILL FARMHOUSE, COLSTON ROAD
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:
- POUND HOUSE TO SOUTH WEST OF RILL FARMHOUSE, COLSTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Buckfastleigh
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 75074 64970
Details
BUCKFASTLEIGH
SX76SE COLSTON ROAD 1011-1/4/19 (West side) Pound house to south-west of Rill Farmhouse
GV II
Pound house. 1848 (datestone on shippon, part of separately listed court of agricultural buildings which has identical roof construction (qv)). Local grey limestone rubble; slate roof, hipped at ends with glazed ridge tiles. Plan: sited on a farm with a notably sloping site. Sited parallel to the dairy range and, with it, forming the track through the farm from the house to the fields. Built into the slope of the land with loft access from the ground at the west end. EXTERIOR: 3 large openings on the ground floor on the north side with access from the track. Large doorway in west end. INTERIOR: ground floor not inspected. Loft has 7 roof trusses of same construction as those in the dated 1848 stockyard, queen posts with a vertical post to the apex. Part of a good contemporary group of farm buildings. The farmstead at Rill is a notable feature seen from the Totnes Road.
Listing NGR: SX7507464970
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 392253
- 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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