Wishays Farmhouse
WISHAYS FARMHOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1307058
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jun-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Wishays Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- WISHAYS FARMHOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1307058
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jun-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Wishays Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- WISHAYS 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:
- WISHAYS FARMHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Mid Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bradninch
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 99258 05586
Details
BRADNINCH SS 90 NE 4/11 - Wishays Farmhouse II - Farmhouse. C17 with later alterations. Cob and stone mix, plastered, under gabled-end slate roof. Formerly a 3-room cross passage plan, with the lower-end to the right of passage; axial stack at upper end of the Hall; 2 end stacks, both formerly external. 2 storeys. Front: 5 window range; 1st floor : two 2-light C19 casement windows to the left- hand side, 8 panes per light with crown glass; two 12-pane hornless sash windows and 1 of 12 panes, all with margin panes, crown glass and coloured panes to each corner. Ground-floor: a 2-light casement window (as above) to either side of left- hand door with C19 bead-mould surround; main door (to former passage), panelled and glazed under gabled slate-roofed timber porch, between 12-pane hornless sash windows as above. Right-hand elevation: 1 tiny inglenook window and a 1 and 2-light casement window with 4 and 8 leaded panes respectively. C19 3-light casement window to left-hand elevation. Rear: 1st floor: three 3-light C19 casement windows with glazing bars, 1 with 12 leaded panes to outer lights; one 4-light window with margin panes to stairwell, and a single-light window; ground-floor : 1 wide, planked door; 4 C19 3-light windows, 1 with 8 leaded panes to each light; a fifth retains its earlier chamfered timber mullions. The house is notable for its attractive C19 and earlier windows. Interior: remains of large right-hand end fireplace with bressumer extending the entire width of the room; chamfered beam with hollow step stops. Between hall and passage are the remains of a plank and muntin screen; also in hall, a beam with cyma recta and concave moulding. Roof space not inspected.
Listing NGR: SS9925805586
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 95203
- 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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