Ladywell Farmhouse

SX 89 NW CREDITON HAMLETS UTON

7/131 Ladywell Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. C16, altered in mid-late C19. Plastered cob on rubble footings with some C19 and C20 brickwork; stone and brick stacks; thatched roof. Much-altered 3- room-and-through-passage house with inner room to north-west (left of south-west facing front). C18 or C19 rear block behind hall and inner room. Gable-end stack and front lateral stack to hall. 2 storeys. Regular 4-window front of late C19 3- light wooden casements with glazing bars has passage door and C20 trellis porch towards right and massive projecting lateral stack of volcanic ashlar with high plastered chimney shaft topped with C19 brick left of centre. Right end gable and chimney rebuilt circa 1980 in brick. To rear first floor service chamber has C18 3-light pine flat faced mullion window with central iron casement and early leaded glass, each light has 25 rectangular panes. Interior shows mostly result of mid- late C19 modernisation; all fireplaces are blocked and most partitions are clad. Passage-hall partition contains wide-elliptical arch with stucco head corbels and similar corbels on outer walls mark position of former hall-inner room partition. There is a raised-up oak plank-and-muntin screen including a shoulder-headed door on lower side of passage. Roof of mid-late C19 king post trusses.

Listing NGR: SX8258698614