Old House And Adjoining Shippen And Barn To North West Of Portworthy Farm House

SX 56 SE SHAUGH PRIOR PORTWORTHY 6/103 Old House and adjoining 23-4-52 Shipen and Barn to north-west of Portworthy Farm House (formerly listed as Portworthy Farm House)

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House, used as farm building. Circa early C17 with later C17 alterations and extensions. Stone rubble slate roof with hipped and gabled ends. L-shaped on plan. Two storeys. One 2 and 3-light hollow-chamfered granite mullion windows. Roof swept down over projecting central porch with stair projection to left. Later C17 gabled bay at south-west (rear) corner. Large central chimneystack backing onto cross passage. The cross passage has door at front only and not at the back. Reset ovolo moulded door-frame in south end. Late C17 wing to south-east with large stack at gable end and probably contemporary lean-to in the angle with main range. The shippen has been largely rebuilt in C18 or C19 but some of the earlier walls survive at north-west end. Interior: Central chimneystack has fireplace with granite jambs and stopped chamfer timber lintel. Stopped and chamfered hall ceiling beams. Fireplace in room over hall with large granite lintel and corbels. The newel stairs are now concrete. Including barn adjoinng at right angles to north-west, also stone rubble with slate roof. Reference: S R Jones, Devon Farmhouses, part III, pages 58 to 61 with plans and illustrations, Transctions and the Devonshire Association.

Listing NGR: SX5542560216