Higher Ingleigh

BROADWOODKELLY INGLEIGH GREEN SS 60 NW 2/33 Higher Ingleigh II House. Mid C17 with C19 rear addition. Rendered cob walls. Thatched roof gabled to right, hipped to left. Brick axial stack and projecting rendered rubble stack at gable end with brick shaft. Plan: 3-room plan with baffle entry in front of axial stack which served both left- hand and central rooms. Stairs at rear of stack may be in original position. Right-hand room heated by gable end fireplace. C19 outshot added along rear wall. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3 window front of C20 2-light small-paned casements apart from the 2 left-hand 1st floor windows which are C19 3-light casements with H-L hinges. To left of centre, in front of stack, is C20 open- fronted gabled porch with plank doors behind. C19 outshut extends along rear wall. Interior: Hall has wany cross-beams, some roughly chamfered. Open fireplace with cambered wooden lintel which is chamfered with ogee stops. Roof: 2 original trusses survive consisting of substantial principals with slightly curved feet, collars lapped and pegged across their face and purlins running along the backs of the principals. This house is an unusual example for Devon of a completely C17 house with baffle entry plan.

Listing NGR: SS6071607012