Taw River Inn

SAMPFORD COURTENAY STICKLEPATH SX 69 SW 12/214 Taw River Inn 22.2.67 GV II Inn. C16 with Cl7 alterations. Rendered stone rubble walls. Gable ended thatch roof. Tall rendered stone axial stack with dripmoulds at the base, granite ashlar stack at right gable end with moulded cap. Plan: 3-room and through passage plan, lower end to the right heated by gable end fireplace. Hall stack backs onto the passage. Originally with central hearth and open to the roof at least over hall. Open hall probably retained until early - mid Cl7 after insertion of stack. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4-window front of late C19 4-pane sashes apart from 2 right-hand windows - 16-pane early C19 sash to the first floor with C19 2- light casement below. Wide C19 panelled door to passage right of centre. Set in the wall on the first floor are 2 granite date-stones, the left-hand one inscribed 'WH 1660' the right-hand one (in the shape of a shield) 'WH 1694'.

Listing NGR: SX6421394108