Bishopsleigh Farmhouse

MORCHARD BISHOP SS 70 NE 5/98 Bishopsleigh Farmhouse - - II

Farmhouse. Late C16-early C17, possibly earlier. Plastered cob on rubble footings; rubble stacks topped with C19 and C20 brick; slate roof (formerly thatch). Large 3- room-and-through-passage plan house facing south with service room at left- (west) end. Axial hall stack backing onto passage and projecting gable-end stack to inner room. Rear block at right angles to rear of inner room. 2 storeys. Irregularly disposed 6 window front of circa 1983 PVC windows with glazing bars. Passage door left of centre. Gable-end roof. The lower section of the hall chimney shaft is plastered but appears to be the original stone shaft. Left (west) end wall was partly rebuilt in C20. On rear elevation C17 oak 3-light window with chamfered mullions over C19 passage door. Rear block includes converted cider house with external stone steps to former apple store. Interior is superficially result of late C19 and C20 modernisations. Beams are boxed in and the fireplaces are blocked. Many early features undoubtedly survive behind plasterwork. However, the through-passage is cobbled and service room has an exposed early-mid C17 chamfered cross beam with keeled lozenge stops. Roof not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS7802409622