Greenacre

Greenacre is a small house, possibly with late medieval origins, substantially remodelled in the 17th century. The walls are colourwashed rendered cob on stone rubble footings, with a thatched roof gabled at the left end and half-hipped at the right end. A projecting rear lateral stack features a tall brick shaft, while an axial stack has a massive low red sandstone shaft.

The house was originally planned with three rooms and a through passage, the lower end being to the right. A hall stack originally backed onto the passage, with a very narrow unheated inner room beyond. The partition between the lower end and the passage has been removed, and a stair has been introduced at the rear. A cornice at the rear of the stack suggests late medieval origins, a feature associated with evolved open hall houses in the Teign Valley.

The front of the building presents an attractive asymmetrical appearance with four windows. A 20th-century lean-to porch and a 20th-century front door are positioned to the right of centre, opening into the former passage. Good examples of 17th and 18th century mullioned windows survive. To the right of the porch is a three-light, probably 17th century, mullioned timber window, with a further three-light and one two-light mullioned window to the left. A four-pane fixed window is located at the extreme left. The first floor has one two-light and one three-light mullioned window, with a 19th or 20th century two-light casement between them. The rear elevation has a 20th-century porch incorporating a likely 16th-century doorframe with a peaked lintel, and the eaves are thatched, eyebrowed over two first-floor windows, one being an 18th-century mullioned window, along with a single ground floor window.

Inside, the carpentry detail is of 17th-century character. The hall has an open fireplace with a chamfered timber lintel with bar stops, a chamfered step-stopped cross beam, and exposed joists. The narrow inner room has exposed chamfered stopped joists. The lower end room, featuring a rebuilt fireplace, also has a chamfered stopped crossbeam and exposed joists. Mortises on the crossbeam at the lower end of the passage suggest a former partition. The roof has no hatch to the apex, and the visible principal rafters appear straight, although a medieval roof structure may remain. Greenacre represents a fine traditional house with notable carpentry details.