Barn About 20 Metres North Of South Halstow Farmhouse

DUNSFORD SX 89 SW

3/21 Barn about 20m north of South Halstow Farmhouse

GV II

Barn. Circa mid C19. Whitewashed rendered cob on stone rubble plinth, slate roof hipped at left end, gabled at right end. South Halsow has a long history of commercial cider production and the barn appears to have been purpose built as a cider house with a granary at the left end. There is a cider press room to the right and a large cider cellar in the centre. The width of the building is said to have been determined by the width of 3 port pipes in which the cider was originally stored. 2 storeys. Stone steps against the front wall lead to a loft entrance, doorway into cider store in centre, second doorway on right into cider press room. Interior The right-hand of the building contains a remarkable granite apple crusher, no longer in use but said to be contemporary with the building 2 large sharply cut granite blocks are bolted together, the lower block curved to form a trough, the upper block containing 2 finely dressed granite rollers of different sizes. An early C20 hydraulic cider press is still in use. The Gray family have lived at South Halsow producing cider since at least the late C18. An important building and fittings relating to the Devon cider industry.

Listing NGR: SX8233892336