Modbury

A small house located in Buckland Filleigh, it dates from the early to mid-17th century with later additions from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The house is constructed of rendered and colourwashed cob and rubble walls, with a thatched roof gabled to the right and a catslide section over an outshut at the left end. A whitewashed rubble stack is present at the left end, featuring a brick shaft.

Originally, the house comprised a two-room plan, consisting of an unheated service room to the right and a larger, heated room to the left, containing a projecting window bay fronting a gable-end fireplace. A one-room, unheated extension was likely added around the 18th century to the right-hand end. A lean-to was added in the 19th century to the left, and a further lean-to in the 20th century to the rear. A partition wall separating the two principal rooms was removed in the 20th century.

The building presents an asymmetrical two-window facade. The left-hand windows are located within the two-storey projecting gable. Most of the windows are early 20th-century 2 and 3-light casements, except for a 3-light 19th-century casement on the ground floor to the right of centre. A lower 18th-century extension is situated at the right-hand end. A 19th-century lean-to extends from the left-hand end, featuring a plank and glazed front door. A 20th-century porch sits immediately to the right of the projecting gable, with an opening on the right-hand side and a plank and glazed door behind it. This porch obscures an original squint window looking out from the side of the projecting gable towards the front door. A 20th-century lean-to is at the rear.

Inside the main room are 2 axial chamfered half beams and a chamfered cross beam with mortices indicating a former screen which divided the rooms. The original fireplace lintel is chamfered and features ogee-stopped wooden details, with a later lintel inserted below. A cream oven is situated in the front wall. On the first floor, the original partition between the rooms remains, with a chamfered doorframe. Two original roof trusses are present, featuring straight principals, threaded purlins and collars halved on with dovetail joints. The survival of these features within a small, high-quality 17th-century house, along with the integration of later additions, makes the property remain externally attractive.