Morley And Attached Outbuilding

NEWTON ABBOT

SX87SW LITTLEJOY ROAD 1012-1/1/94 (West side) 22/03/83 Morley and attached outbuilding

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Farmhouse, later converted into two lime burners' cottages, now house. Late C17/early C18, converted C19, altered C20. MATERIALS: painted render over cob, slate roof hipped to the left with a large external stack to the left return, a C19 ridge stack to the left of the door, truncated internal end stack to the right and rear lateral stack. PLAN: 3-room plan with end stacks and rear lateral hall stack; C19 rear outshut. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and cellar; 3-window range. C19 enclosed gabled porch, C20 windows and door. INTERIOR: C19 6-bay tie-beam roof with pegged face-lapped collars. 3 chamfered crossbeams to the ground floor; evidence of former stairs to the right of the stack to the right return; late C19 staircase to the rear; early C18 six-panel doors with raised and fielded panels to the ground floor, similar 2-panel doors and wide elm floorboards to the first floor; the ground-floor room to the centre front has an early C18 corner fire (now blocked); 2-panel doors to triangular-plan cupboards above to each side flanking 2 panels concealing the flue to the centre form a 6-panel overmantel. Stone steps down to the cellar below the left end that has one massive crossbeam morticed for joists is supported by a granite pier to the left of the door and other later supports. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached to the right is a lower thatched barn, probably C18, half-hipped to the right return with a 5-bay pegged collar-truss roof. The wide opening to the front has three oak lintels pegged to the wall plate. A Delabole-slated outshut to the rear has 3 doors, those to the centre and right are of oak planks; Plymouth stone floor.

Listing NGR: SX8276271354