Higher Watchcombe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1984. A 16th Century Farmhouse.

Higher Watchcombe Farmhouse

WRENN ID
stony-flagstone-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Period
16th Century
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SY 29 NW COLYTON WATCHCOMBE 9/241 Higher Watchcombe Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. Circa C16. Stone rubble and cob. Tiled roof with gabled ends and heightened eaves. Two storeys. Long widely spaced three window range. C19 three, four and six light casements with glazing bars. Plank door centre left and stone rubble single storey lean-to on front to right. Two brick ridge stacks. Interior timber plank screen to cross passage. Heavy stop chamfered ceiling beams and fireplace with stopped and chamfered bressummer. Doorway in attic with ogee cambered head. Jointed cruck trusses. The house originally extended one bay to left (south west) into hillside where there is a dilapidated rubble fireplace in the bank with badly damaged moulded stone chimneypiece.

Listing NGR: SY2290397557

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