Lower Withleigh Farmhouse

TIVERTON

SS91SW WITHLEIGH 848-1/4/341 Lower Withleigh Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. C16 or C17, re-roofed in the C18 or C19. Rendered cob to lower end, rebuilt at some time with rubble at the higher end; dry slate roof; rubble end stack on the right; brick lateral stack to rear centre. 3-room plan with central hall; C17 wing at right angles to rear of hall; C20 lean-to in rear angle between wing and higher end and extended with single-storey wing at lower end. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 4-window range. Late C19 horned sashes except for 2-light casement to ground-floor left, all in probable original openings. Gabled porch central to fenestration and with panelled door within on the right; another doorway with split ledged door towards the left. Rear has mostly 2-light casements. INTERIOR: has C17 fireplace with oven to rear of hall, and axial beam, and there are 2 crossbeams to lower end room, one of them embedded in the wall at the left-hand end; C18 or C19 tie-beam roof structure with some of the tie beams now replaced with collars.

Listing NGR: SS9089012391