Howard Barton Farmhouse

SX 79 NW HITTISLEIGH HOWARD LANE

5/169 Howard Barton Farmhouse

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Farmhouse. Probably C16 core, rebuilt in mid C17, refurbished in late C19, modernised 1984. Plastered cob on rubble footings; brick and granite stacks all topped with late C19 brick; slate roof (formerly thatch). Originally a 3-room- and-through-passage house facing south-east with service room at left (south-west) end. In C18 or C19 inner room end extended one room and in C19 service room refurbished and stair built blocking rear passage door. End stack to service room, axial hall stack backing onto former passage and inner room stack in former gable- end. Irregular 5-window front of late C19 and C20 casements with late C19 repiartite sash at left end. Late C19 4-panel door with overlight and monopitch slate-roofed hood to passage. 1984 French windows near right end (former inner room). Roof half-hipped each end. Good mid C17 interior features to hall and inner room. Both have chamfered crossbeams with bar-scroll stops, chamfered window lintels with scroll stops and granite fireplaces with ogee moulded oak lintels with enriched chamfer-scroll stops. The lintel of inner room fireplace was raised in height in late C19 with insertion of brick side oven. Left of this fireplace is winder stair to first floor where chambers divided by plastered cob-nogged framed partition. Roof not accessible. Service end rebuilt in late C19.

Listing NGR: SX7382096654