Farmbuildings Forming the Farmyard to the Northof Townsend Farmhouse
FARMBUILDINGS FORMING THE FARMYARD TO THE NORTHOF TOWNSEND FARMHOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1214946
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Farmbuildings Forming the Farmyard to the Northof Townsend Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- FARMBUILDINGS FORMING THE FARMYARD TO THE NORTHOF TOWNSEND FARMHOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1214946
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 04-Sept-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Farmbuildings Forming the Farmyard to the Northof Townsend Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- FARMBUILDINGS FORMING THE FARMYARD TO THE NORTHOF TOWNSEND 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:
- FARMBUILDINGS FORMING THE FARMYARD TO THE NORTHOF TOWNSEND FARMHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Dunsford
- National Park:
- Dartmoor
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 81031 89134
Details
DUNSFORD BUTTS, (south side), Dunsford SX 88 NW 6/44 Farmbuildings forming the farmyard 11.11.52 to the north of Townsend Farmhouse (formerly listed with Townsend Farmhouse as surrounding barns)
GV II
Farmbuildings including a threshing barn, linhay and storage buildings. C17 and later. Mostly whitewashed rendered cob with corrugated iron, corrugated asbestos and slate roofs. The farmbuildings surround the narrow courtyard to the north of Townsend Farmhouse (qv). The west range is a Cl7 threshing barn with a corrugated iron roof hipped at ends and a lean-to adjoining the west side. The barn is lofted and has a large entrance in the courtyard side and a jointed cruck roof truss. The south range, parallel to the farmhouse, consists of 2 blocks with a narrow entrance-between them. The right-hand (west) building is a linhay with a corrugated asbestos roof (formerly thatched), open fronted on the courtyard side with no openings on the side facing the road. To the left of the entrance is a 2-storey storage building with a corrugated iron roof and no openings on the side facing the road. Adjoining this building at the east and projecting beyond the farmyard is a 2- storey building with a slate roof gabled at ends. Stone steps against the front wall facing the road, lead-up to a loft doorway to the right, 6-pane window ground floor left. The east range consists of a storage building between the farmhouse and the south range. The farmbuildings form a group with Townsend Farmhouse which is on the road at the west end of Dunsford village.
Listing NGR: SX8103089130
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 399940
- 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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