The Old Farmhouse
THE OLD FARMHOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1248446
- Date first listed:
- 30-Nov-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD FARMHOUSE
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- Date:
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- Reference:
- IOE01/14353/27
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1248446
- Date first listed:
- 30-Nov-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD 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:
- THE OLD FARMHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Combe St. Nicholas
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 31680 11329
Details
ST31SW COMBE ST NICHOLAS CP CLAYHANGER
6/53 The Old Farmhouse
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GV II
Farmhouse. C17, refenestrated C19 and C20, Roughcast over rubble, thatched roof, rebuilt brick stacks, C19 left gable end and to right of through passage,C18 right gable end.'L'-plan: 3-cell and cross Passage facing south with coeval kitchen wing in north-west corner, Two storeys, 1:3 bays, first floor leaded C19 wooden casements 4-light left, two 3-light and one 2-light right, ground floor C20 windows flanking entrance, French windows end bay right, entrance between first and second bays left, 6-panel dour with raised and fielded panels and gabled thatchd jorch. Rear elevation set into hillside, north-west extension with parallel range roof set gable end on. Interior not seen. The partition between the hall and inner room is said to have been removed. Chamfered beads visible only in the kitchen, with scroll stops, bread oven with iron door by Wightman of Chard, straight stairs rise in the corner. The west gable end bedroom on the first floor is said to have a blocked fireplace with a moulded plasterwork panel above, a 2-bay arcade in the early C17 style, Five bay collar bead roof with single row of purlins. incorporating some reused medieval roof timber, possibly from an earlier house on the site.(VAG Report, unpublished SRO, 1978).
Listing NGR: ST3168011329
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 430043
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Vernacular Architecture Group Report in Vernacular Architecture Group Report, (1978)
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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