Newhouse Farmhouse

MAMHEAD SX 98 SW

5/307 Newhouse Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse 1830s, built for the Mamhead Estate and very similar to Broomhouse Farmhouse, Ashcombe (q.v.), also part of the estate at one time. Whitewashed and rendered ; end stacks on corbels ; slate roof, gabled at ends with curly bardgeboards. Gothic style, unusual for a farmhouse of this date. Plan: Single depth main block, 2 rooms wide with a central entrance porch and principal rooms to left and right ; rear left service wing. Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay front with a very steeply-pointed gabled 2 storey porch with curly bargeboards to the gable, the porch slightly corbelled out at first floor. level with a 3-light stepped window in the gable. Original timber mullioned windows. The right return, (the service wing), is 3 bays with a C20 concrete block porch into the service wing ; 3 first floor timber mullioned 2-light windows, similar 4-light window to ground floior left, and 3-light window to the right fo the porch. 1 window retains the presumably original glazing with diamond leaded panes. Interior: Not inspected. Very unspoiled externally and an unusual example of an early C19 Gothic farmhouse. Shown on the tithe map of 1839.

Listing NGR: SX9442680070