Great Wadham Farmhouse
GREAT WADHAM FARMHOUSE, WADHAM HILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1325483
- Date first listed:
- 20-Feb-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Great Wadham Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- GREAT WADHAM FARMHOUSE, WADHAM HILL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1325483
- Date first listed:
- 20-Feb-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Great Wadham Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- GREAT WADHAM FARMHOUSE, WADHAM HILL
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:
- GREAT WADHAM FARMHOUSE, WADHAM HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- North Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Knowstone
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 81848 23888
Details
KNOWSTONE WADHAM HILL SS 82 SW 3/32 Great Wadham Farmhouse - 20.2.67 - II Farmhouse. Early C17, with some C19 and C20 alterations. Rendered stone rubble and cob. Asbestos slate roof, gable end to left, hipped to right end. Tall front lateral stone rubble hall stack with offsets. Second front lateral stack formerly heating inner room demolished in C20. C20 rendered rear lateral stack to lower end. Plan: 3 rooms and cross-passage containing staircase plan, lower end to right with former outbuilding, probably originally cider-house attached at left end and taken in to form part of dwelling in C20. Dairy outshot to rear of hall and inner room. Massive solid wall partition to lower side of cross-passage suggests lower end was rebuilt in C19. A blocked doorway at first floor level, now enclosed by the dairy outshut, suggests that the original stairs may have been housed in a rear stair turret, being moved to their present position probably in the C19, when much of the joinery was replaced. Exterior: 2 storeys. 6-window range. Late C19 and C20 fenestration all 2 and 3 light casements except for 6 paned sash to left and twin 6-paned sashes to right of hall stack, upper storey. Lean-to porch with C20 door. Former inner room front stack demolished and rebuilt as ground floor bay window in C20. 2-light casement to rear with square leaded panes to one of the lights, probably C18. Interior: hall has 2 cross ceiling beams and upper end bressumer with deep hollow step-stopped chamfers. Fireplace lintel has had moulding cut out and former bread oven demolished. Old integral cupboard in upper end wall. C19 6-panelled door between hall and cross-passage. Inner room has chamfered axial ceiling beam with hollow-step stops. Ovolo-moulded fireplace lintels from former inner room and chamber fireplaces re-used as window lintels. C19 window seat and wall bench. Former cider-house has rough chamfered ceiling beam and old staircase against rear wall. 6-panelled door to chamber over lower end. Roof: structure, replaced over lower end in C20 but over hall and inner room is a good quality C17 roof of 3 trusses with heavy straight principals carrying 2 tiers of threaded purlins and ridge purlins, with typical C17 dovetail style collars. The truss towards the lower end is closed with timber uprights grooved to take laths.
Listing NGR: SS8184823888
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 97383
- 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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