Alston Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1973. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

Alston Farmhouse

WRENN ID
wild-steeple-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Country
England
Date first listed
10 May 1973
Type
Farmhouse
Source
Historic England listing

Description

ASHBURTON

SX77SE ALSTON CROSS 849-1/2/224 Alston Farmhouse 10/05/73 (Formerly Listed as: ALSTON CROSS Alston Farmhouse. Barn with stables to north of Alston Farm)

GV II

Farmhouse. Early C19 (probably about 1811); rear part possibly older. Solid roughcast walls. Hipped slated roof. Rendered chimney at each end of ridge on front range. Prominent stone rubble chimney on rear range. Seems to be a 4-square house with centre front entrance; shallower rear range. 2 storeys. 3 windows wide. The 2 outer windows are set in tall, shallow, round-headed recesses which are themselves set in square-headed recesses rising to the eaves. 6-panelled front door in panelled reveals, the bottom panels flush, the top 2 panels of the door now glazed; moulded architrave. Later Doric porch. Ground-storey windows round-arched with 8-paned sashes, the heads of the upper sashes with interlacing Gothic glazing-bars. Upper storey has 6-paned sashes; matching window in right side wall. Interior: not inspected. 1973 list description mentions 'moulded dado, 6-paned doors, panelled shutters to windows, shaped brackets on cut string of stairs with square balusters, marble mantle'. The Devon Record Office has a draft building agreement (not completed) for this house, dated 1811. (924M/B8/33).

Listing NGR: SX7761072007

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