South Town Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. Farmhouse.
South Town Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- other-gable-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
South Town Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely has origins in the 17th century, with some alterations and rebuilding in the 19th century. The structure is built of rubblestone with some cob and features slate roofs with gable ends, including slate-hanging on the right gable end. It has two rubble axial stacks with weatherings and drips.
The layout consists of a three-cell through-passage plan, which has an unusual arrangement of stacks. The kitchen was probably originally heated by a stack that backed onto the through-passage on the left, while the hall on the right was formerly heated by a rear lateral stack, which has since been demolished. The hall is now heated by an inserted stack located at the inner end. At the lower end, there is a dairy with a right-angled gabled projection at the front, creating an overall L-shape. An additional dairy, mostly made of cob, has a lower roof level added at the left end.
The original front doorway of the through-passage has been blocked, and a window has been inserted. The entry has been moved to the left to create a baffle entry. The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a three-window range of 19th-century two-light casements with L-hinges, each having six panes per light. To the left of the porch, which has a gabled slated roof and a slightly cambered brick arch, there is a ground floor casement window with 18 panes per light. A two-light casement has been inserted in the through-passage doorway to the right, also featuring a brick arch. To its right, another two-light casement under a timber lintel has three panes and marginal glazing bars in each light.
The dairy at the lower end has small horizontal sliding sashes on the ground floor of the left side and front gable end. The dairy extension at the left end includes a window opening with a timber lintel at the front and a blocked loft door at the rear. There are slated outshuts on the rear left side and a plank door leading into the rear through-passage, which has a slated canopy. The roof trusses are from the 19th century, and there is a chamfered and stopped beam in the room to the left of the through-passage.
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