Marshall Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn

Farmhouse and adjoining barn. The farmhouse dates to around 1790, with alterations likely made in the late 19th century. The exterior is whitewashed and rough cast, except for a brick left-hand wall. The roof is thatched, half-hipped at the ends, and has end stacks with tall brick shafts. It is built in a “Cottage Orne” style, with a particularly attractive front elevation. The original plan was for a double-depth, four-room farmhouse, likely with a central passage and stair hall, with principal rooms to the front and rear and service rooms to the rear. The left-hand wall may have been rebuilt in the late 19th or 20th century. A single-storey, flat-roofed rear addition, featuring an unusually tall chimney shaft, is probably a late 19th-century kitchen addition. The two-storey, three-bay symmetrical front elevation has a very steeply-pitched roof with overhanging eaves thatch to the left and right bows. The front door has six panels, with four fielded panels above a middle rail and flush panels below, a flush-panelled surround, and a semi-circular fanlight with fine spoke glazing bars. Each bow has three sash windows to the ground floor and three to the first floor, with arched heads. The top panes of each sash window have been filled in with a quatrefoil design, giving the impression of paired lights. The first-floor sash window above the front door is smaller and utilizes the same window bar arrangement. A single-storey lean-to adjoins the right-hand end; it formerly had a blocked window with an ogee dripmould. A barn, set at right angles to the lean-to and projecting to the front, formerly had three blocked pointed arches on the side facing the garden. These arches are no longer present. The barn retains three old windows, one with chamfered mullions, and two fireplaces, one with stone chamfered jambs and an arched timber lintel. Some crossbeams remain with scroll and step stops. Inside the farmhouse, modern grates have been installed in the front rooms, and a partition wall between the left-hand rooms has been removed. A relocated 18th-century door with fielded panels is found in a rear addition. The interior has not been thoroughly inspected, and other features of interest may remain. The interior of the barn is documented in records from the Teignbridge Planning Department.