Lower Filleigh Farmhouse
Lower Filleigh Farmhouse, Lapford, Crediton, EX17 6NA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1249995
- Date first listed:
- 04-Nov-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Lower Filleigh Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- Lower Filleigh Farmhouse, Lapford, Crediton, EX17 6NA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1249995
- Date first listed:
- 04-Nov-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Lower Filleigh Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- Lower Filleigh Farmhouse, Lapford, Crediton, EX17 6NA
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:
- Lower Filleigh Farmhouse, Lapford, Crediton, EX17 6NA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Mid Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Lapford
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 74489 10498
Details
SS 71 SW
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LAPFORD
Lower Filleigh Farmhouse
II
Farmhouse. Probably early C16 with major late C16 and C17 improvements and C19 kitchen block. Plastered cob on rubble footings; rubble stacks topped with C19 and C20 brick; slate roof (formerly thatch). 3-room-and-through-passage plan house facing south-east with service room at right (north-eastern) end. Small unheated dairy at inner room end and C19 kitchen with granary over at right angles to rear of inner room/dairy. Large projecting lateral stack to front of hall, projecting end stack to service room, and massive end stack to kitchen. Two storeys. Four-window front to first floor, two to ground floor, with irregular disposition. Both ground floor windows are C19 16-pane sashes with horns. Two first floor windows right of hall stack are late C19 horned 12-pane sashes and two first floor windows left of stack are a close set pair of C20 iron-framed casements with glazing bars. Doors to passage and dairy are C20. Hall stack has original plastered rubble chimney shaft, now raised with C19 brick. Roof is gable-ended to right and hipped to left. Rear kitchen block has external flight of stone steps to granary.
Interior: Full height cob crosswall on lower (right) side of passage to service room which has probably C19 unfinished crossbeam and fireplace is blocked. Hall fireplace is also blocked and hall displays variety of beams; a hollow-chamfered half beam against passage screen, late C16-early C17 main crossbeam is chamfered with truncated pyramid stops, and late C17 chamfered and straight cut stopped beam against upper end partition. Hall roof carried by side-pegged jointed cruck truss with cambered collar, butt purlins and through ridge. This part of the roof structure and face of cob crosswall are sooted indicating that C16 hall was open to roof and heated by an open hearth fire. Late C17 A-frame truss with pegged lap-jointed collar over inner room. Other C16 and C17 features are probably hidden by later plasterwork in main block. Rear kitchen block is apparently C19 and has king post truss roof. Fireplace is blocked.
Listing NGR: SS7448910498
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 432226
- 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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