Old House and Adjoining Shippen and Barn to North West of Portworthy Farm House
OLD HOUSE AND ADJOINING SHIPPEN AND BARN TO NORTH WEST OF PORTWORTHY FARM HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1325421
- Date first listed:
- 23-Apr-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Old House and Adjoining Shippen and Barn to North West of Portworthy Farm House
- Statutory Address:
- OLD HOUSE AND ADJOINING SHIPPEN AND BARN TO NORTH WEST OF PORTWORTHY FARM HOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1325421
- Date first listed:
- 23-Apr-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 02-Feb-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Old House and Adjoining Shippen and Barn to North West of Portworthy Farm House
- Statutory Address 1:
- OLD HOUSE AND ADJOINING SHIPPEN AND BARN TO NORTH WEST OF PORTWORTHY FARM HOUSE
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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:
- OLD HOUSE AND ADJOINING SHIPPEN AND BARN TO NORTH WEST OF PORTWORTHY FARM HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- South Hams (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Shaugh Prior
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 55425 60216
Details
SX 56 SE SHAUGH PRIOR PORTWORTHY 6/103 Old House and adjoining 23-4-52 Shipen and Barn to north-west of Portworthy Farm House (formerly listed as Portworthy Farm House)
II
House, used as farm building. Circa early C17 with later C17 alterations and extensions. Stone rubble slate roof with hipped and gabled ends. L-shaped on plan. Two storeys. One 2 and 3-light hollow-chamfered granite mullion windows. Roof swept down over projecting central porch with stair projection to left. Later C17 gabled bay at south-west (rear) corner. Large central chimneystack backing onto cross passage. The cross passage has door at front only and not at the back. Reset ovolo moulded door-frame in south end. Late C17 wing to south-east with large stack at gable end and probably contemporary lean-to in the angle with main range. The shippen has been largely rebuilt in C18 or C19 but some of the earlier walls survive at north-west end. Interior: Central chimneystack has fireplace with granite jambs and stopped chamfer timber lintel. Stopped and chamfered hall ceiling beams. Fireplace in room over hall with large granite lintel and corbels. The newel stairs are now concrete. Including barn adjoinng at right angles to north-west, also stone rubble with slate roof. Reference: S R Jones, Devon Farmhouses, part III, pages 58 to 61 with plans and illustrations, Transctions and the Devonshire Association.
Listing NGR: SX5542560216
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 99210
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Transactions of the Devonshire Association in Transactions of the Devonshire Association, (1971), 58-61
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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