Youlstone Farmhouse

WARBSTOW SX 18 NE 6/237 Youlstone Farmhouse - GV II

Farmhouse. Probably early C17, possibly with earlier origins. Stone rubble and cob, rendered on front and rear. Hall bay of stone rubble with granite dressings. Partly slate hung on exposed left hand gable end of higher range on right. Steeply pitched slate roof with gable ends and lower range on left. Brick shaft to end stack on right and stone rubble and brick shaft to axial stack to left of centre. Plan: Probably a 3-room and through passage plan, the house built down the slope with the ground rising to right. Entrance to left of centre with hall heated by axial stack backing onto passage and with C17 hall bay to front on higher right hand side. Inner room beyond to right heated by end stack. The lower end on left was converted from a shippon to domestic use in the 1970s or 1980s and is unheated. Exterior: Two storey range on right and one-storey and loft on left, the roof heights altering in line with the cross wall below the passage. Asymmetrical 4- window front, the entrance to left of centre and the ground rising to right. C20 entrance porch with gable end; C20 2-light casement and two C19 2-light casements flanking 2-storey hall bay beyond to right. First floor has C20 1-light casement above entrance and C19 and C20 2-light casements flanking hall bay. The gabled hall bay projection has a granite 3-light mullion window on ground floor and similar 2- light mullion window on first, both with hoodmoulds. C20 glazed extension across left hand side of lower end on left. Interior: Not accessible. The owner states that there is a granite surround to the hall fireplace.

Listing NGR: SX1986089592