Farthing Park Farmhouse Including Cob Wall Adjoining Right (North-East) is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1985. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Farthing Park Farmhouse Including Cob Wall Adjoining Right (North-East)
- WRENN ID
- graven-tower-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Farthing Park Farmhouse is a mid-17th century farmhouse constructed of plastered cob on rubble footings, featuring rubble stacks topped with 19th century brick and a thatched roof. The house has a two-room layout with a central cross passage, facing southeast, and stacks projecting from both gable ends. The principal room on the left (southwest) is larger than the right. The rear roof extends over continuous outshots, which likely contain original smaller service rooms, and there is a stair turret located behind the cross passage.
The building is two storeys high with a balanced front that includes four windows, which are late 19th and 20th century casements; the inner two are two-light, while the outer pair are three-light. A four-panel front door is located to the right of center, and there is a modern gabled porch with a slated roof. An exposed large wall plate is visible below the eaves. At the rear, the stair block features a late 19th century horizontal sliding sash window with glazing bars.
Inside, the farmhouse retains much of its original character. There is a full-height cob crosswall to the left of the passage, with a chamfered and scroll-stopped crossbeam. The right end room has an ovolo-moulded and scroll-stopped crossbeam. Both fireplaces are made of stone rubble with replacement timber lintels. The original roof consists of two bays on either side of the cob crosswall, supported by oak A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars. The left (southwestern) truss incorporates a sooted jointed cruck principal, and the stairs were added in the late 19th century.
Additionally, a well-preserved cob wall on rubble footings extends from the right (northeast) end of the farmhouse, featuring a square-headed arch and returning forward (southeast) to connect with nearby stables.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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