Hartleigh Barton

BUCKLAND FILLEIGH SS 50 NW 8/7 Hartleigh Barton - GV II Farmhouse. Mid to later C17 possibly with C18 addition. Rendered stone and cob walls. Gable-end slate roof. 3-brick gable-end stacks, one to wing. Plan: L-shaped plan of which the rear wing appears to be earlier but it is possible that the front range is contemporary; if not it is likely to be C18. The read wing consists of 1 main heated room; the front range has 2 heated rooms with a central hall. Behind its right-hand end is a small wing which may have been added either as a dairy or to provide a staircase. Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-window front range with 12:9:12 pane early C19 sashes on the 1st floor and 16-pane ones below. Central gabled C19 porch with early C19 6-panel door benind. The wing behind the left-hand end has an irregular 2- window elevation of early C20 small-paned casements on the 1st floor and 3-light mid C20 casements on the ground floor. C19 hipped roof porch to the right with plank door behind. Interior: fielded panel door and C18 arched nead wall cupboard in front range. Its left-hand fireplace has a chamfered wooden lintel. Rear wing has late C17 or early C18 wall cupboard with cock's head hinges, fielded panels and dentilled cornice. Descendants of the Risdon family - famous for the historian of Devon - held Hartleigh Barton for nearly 300 years until circa 1860.

Listing NGR: SS5026608576