South Weeke Farmhouse
SOUTH WEEKE FARMHOUSE, PISSELTON LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1250595
- Date first listed:
- 04-Nov-1985
- List Entry Name:
- South Weeke Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- SOUTH WEEKE FARMHOUSE, PISSELTON LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1250595
- Date first listed:
- 04-Nov-1985
- List Entry Name:
- South Weeke Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- SOUTH WEEKE FARMHOUSE, PISSELTON LANE
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:
- SOUTH WEEKE FARMHOUSE, PISSELTON LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Mid Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Morchard Bishop
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 76116 06311
Details
MORCHARD BISHOP PISSELTON LANE, Weeke SS 70 NE 5/179 - South Weeke Farmhouse GV II
House, former farmhouse. Probably C16 core but rebuilt in early-mid C17 and late C17-early C18. Plastered rubble walls with some cob towards top; rubble stacks with C19 and C20 brick chimney shafts; roof is thatched to front and slate to rear. 3- room-and-through-passage plan house facing south-east with inner room at left (south-west) end. End stacks to service and inner rooms and projecting lateral stack to front of hall. Narrow late C17-early C18 stair block along rear of hall. 2 storeys. Regular 5-window front of late C19-early C20 large-pane casements with glazing bars and C20 casements without glazing bars to ground floor. Roughly central front passage door right of hall stack. Gable-ended roof. Interior: early C17 features exposed in hall comprising 2 crossbeams with double ovolo mouldings with step stops and large volcanic stone fireplace with oak lintel; its jambs are ovolo-moulded but the lintel soffit is mutilated. A similar but smaller volcanic stone fireplace in the inner room has been reduced in width and its lintel replaced by a brick segmental arch, probably in C19. C18 or C19 inner room crossbeam is roughly finished. Lower side of passage has early-mid C17 double ovolo moulded and step-stopped half beam across front of cob crosswall. Service end apparently rebuilt in late C17-early C18 with plain chamfered crossbeam and fireplace rebuilt in C20 with brick and granite. Cream oven recess in rear wall. Late C17-early C18 roof comprising roughly-finished tie beam trusses with the tenon extended at the apex to seat the ridge. Pegged lap-jointed collars to service room only.
Listing NGR: SS7611606311
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 433030
- 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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