South Hill Farmhouse Twenty Acres

SX 69 NE SOUTH TAWTON

1/171 South Hill Farmhouse (Twenty Acres on O.S.)

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Small farmhouse. Mid or late C17, late C19 extension. The older section is plastered cob on stone rubble footings with cob or stone rubble stack and thatch roof; the C19 section is brick with brick stack and slate roof. Plan and development: 2-room plan house facing south. The left room is the original part; apparently a 1-room plan cottage with projecting left (west) gable- end stack. Mid or late C19 1-room plan extension on right (east) end with gable-end stack. 2 storeys with C20 outshot to rear. Exterior: nearly symmetrical 3-window front of C20 casements with glazing bars despite the difference in walling materials. Central doorway contains a C20 plank door. Former doorway now occupied by ground floor left window. Roof is gable- ended. Interior: in the C17 room there is a large soffit-chamfered crossbeam and the rubble fireplace has a soffit-chamfered oak lintel. Roof not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX6745398807