Higher Way Farmhouse

TIVERTON

SS81SE TEMPLETON 848-1/3/96 Higher Way Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. C17, extended C20. Rendered cob or rubble; dry slate roof; rendered end stacks, the left-hand stack over a 3-stage rendered external breast with clay tile and slate weatherings. Original 2-room plan with presumed hall on the left, extended with pantry and dairy outshut at rear probably in the C18. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 3-window range (plus 2-window range C20 wing on right). Late C19 or C20 horned sashes under segmental arches, tripartite sashes except for 4-pane sash above central doorway with panelled door within glazed porch. INTERIOR: hall has large fireplace with C19 wooden mantelshelf on brackets, the fireplace still in use as a large open fireplace with C19 brick hobs and retaining 5 toothed pot hangers and other C19 cooking utensils; there are 2 chamfered and stopped crossbeams, and between them, giving access to the rear wing is a very heavy C18 doorframe and good planked door. Other C18 features include planked doors with original furniture and a 6-panel door with fielded panels to the parlour and straight-flight staircase. Lime-washed king-post roof structure is C19.

Listing NGR: SS8925414997