Pound House To South West Of Rill Farmhouse

BUCKFASTLEIGH

SX76SE COLSTON ROAD 1011-1/4/19 (West side) Pound house to south-west of Rill Farmhouse

GV II

Pound house. 1848 (datestone on shippon, part of separately listed court of agricultural buildings which has identical roof construction (qv)). Local grey limestone rubble; slate roof, hipped at ends with glazed ridge tiles. Plan: sited on a farm with a notably sloping site. Sited parallel to the dairy range and, with it, forming the track through the farm from the house to the fields. Built into the slope of the land with loft access from the ground at the west end. EXTERIOR: 3 large openings on the ground floor on the north side with access from the track. Large doorway in west end. INTERIOR: ground floor not inspected. Loft has 7 roof trusses of same construction as those in the dated 1848 stockyard, queen posts with a vertical post to the apex. Part of a good contemporary group of farm buildings. The farmstead at Rill is a notable feature seen from the Totnes Road.

Listing NGR: SX7507464970