Burning House in Middlecott Wood, About 400 Metres South West of Middlecott Farmhouse
BURNING HOUSE IN MIDDLECOTT WOOD, ABOUT 400 METRES SOUTH WEST OF MIDDLECOTT FARMHOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1240497
- Date first listed:
- 03-Nov-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Burning House in Middlecott Wood, About 400 Metres South West of Middlecott Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- BURNING HOUSE IN MIDDLECOTT WOOD, ABOUT 400 METRES SOUTH WEST OF MIDDLECOTT FARMHOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1240497
- Date first listed:
- 03-Nov-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Burning House in Middlecott Wood, About 400 Metres South West of Middlecott Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- BURNING HOUSE IN MIDDLECOTT WOOD, ABOUT 400 METRES SOUTH WEST OF MIDDLECOTT 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:
- BURNING HOUSE IN MIDDLECOTT WOOD, ABOUT 400 METRES SOUTH WEST OF MIDDLECOTT FARMHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ilsington
- National Park:
- Dartmoor
- National Grid Reference:
- SX7810376584
Details
ILSINGTON
SX 77 NE
3/274 Burning House in Middlecott
- Wood, about 400 metres south-west
of Middlecott Farmhouse
- II
Burning House. Probably mid to late C19. Built of large dressed granite blocks,
except for part of the western end which is of granite and slatestone rubble; red
brick dressings and internal finishings. Roof covered with corrugated iron.
Rectangular 3-cell plan, the middle cell rising the full height of the building and
having a doorway and 2 windows on the south side. The east and west cells each
contain a furnace with a storeroom for ore above it. Each furnace has an opening
with iron door leading out of the middle cell; above the opening is a flue which
originally had a stack on the roof-ridge, but a second horizontal flue leads out of
the first one to a detached stack (serving both furnaces) on the north side of the
building. Each furnace has a segmental brick vault containing a hopper, through
which ore could be shovelled in from the storeroom above. The fire was against the
gable wall with an external access in the north wall and an ashpit beneath. At the
opposite end, below the furnace, is a cooling chamber with external access in the
south wall. The storerooms each have a doorway in the gable wall, and a window in
the south wall. The simple roof-trusses, probably the original ones, survive.
The building continued in use until early C20; it is believed to have processed tin
ore from the nearby Atlas Mine. Immediately to the south (but not included in the
listing) is the water-wheel pit of a former stamping mill. The burning house is a
rare and unusually complete survival; it has been said that it "presents a textbook
picture, rendering the functioning of this type of furnace very easy to understand".
Sources: P H G Richardson in Plymouth Mineral and Mining Club Journal, Vol.7, No.3,
January 1977, (with plan and section), information from Mr A S Courtier (owner), Dr
T A P Greeves, Mr Dick Wills.
Listing NGR: SX7810376584
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 438940
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Plymouth Mineral and Mining Club Journal in January, (1977)
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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