Stickwick House and Farmhouse

Stickwick House and Farmhouse is a house with a farmhouse wing, built between 1780 and 1782 for Robert Hole. It is constructed of stone covered with roughcast, and retains original slate roofing on the centre block, with brick chimneystacks at each gable. The left wing has a concrete-tiled roof with a chimneystack in the rear wall, while the right wing has an asbestos-slate roof.

The house comprises a tall, double-depth centre block with a catslide roof over the rear, and lower, single-room-deep wings to either side. It has two storeys with a garret in the centre block. The general form of the house, including the low wings, matches a drawing from 1836, with limited subsequent alteration, aside from the right wing.

The symmetrical front of the centre block has three windows, with raised stucco quoins at the ends. The doorway, in the centre bay of the ground floor, now has a 20th-century door and porch; an open-sided porch with two columns supporting a triangular pediment formerly stood in front. The windows have segmental arches and triple wood sashes, with the middle sashes having six panes, and the side sashes having two panes. Most of the sashes are 20th-century replacements, except for the left-hand sash on each storey. Three hipped dormer windows are set into the roof, each with three lights; the centre lights having two panes, and the outer lights having two smaller panes with a transom light above. The 1836 drawing indicates these dormers may have been altered.

The left wing is three windows wide. All but the left-hand ground-floor window (which is 20th century) have old three-light wood casements with six panes per light, which may be original despite the 1836 drawing showing two-light casements with eight panes. A wooden hood, potentially original, is supported by shaped brackets over the centre doorway. The right wing has been completely re-windowed in the 20th century, but the replacements are in keeping with the left wing. The ground floor of the left wing retains its original fireplace. The remaining internal features were not inspected.

The original building account survives, records show Robert Hole began laying the foundation on 18 May 1780, and most work was completed by January 1782, the final bill wasn’t settled until 25 October 1785. Chimneypieces were supplied by Mr Robinson of Chudleigh, and the parlour and parlour chamber were originally decorated with wallpaper. The roof was initially slated, floors were finished with lime ashes and the entire project cost £591-10-8.