Farm Office, Garden Walls And Railings East Of Yeo Farmhouse

A late 19th-century farm office, front garden walls, and railings, situated east of Yeo Farmhouse. The office was designed by Crocker of Exeter, and its original furniture remains. Constructed of granite stone rubble with granite ashlar dressings and a slate roof with crested ridge tiles, the office is a small, gable-ended block facing south-south-east. The front features a shoulder-headed doorway flanked by narrow, lancet-like windows. The doorway has corbels supporting a low segmental arch with a projecting, fluted keystone; the corbels and springing blocks feature circular depressions. The windows are mullioned and transomed. The front gable lacks its original bargeboards and scissor-braced struts. The granite ashlar chimney shaft has soffit-moulded coping and dog tooth-like enrichment around its base. Inside, the office retains its original, purpose-built office furniture, including two desks. Connected to the office and running along the northern side of the garden is a rubble wall with rounded coping. A mounting block sits within the garden, covering what was formerly a doorway, believed to have been a goose pen or dog kennel. The remaining garden walls are constructed of cast iron spear-headed railings, with taller railings along the cobbled path. The gates are of a similar style. The farm office and railings contribute to a well-preserved group of listed buildings, including the farmhouse, mill, smithy, cartshed, barn, and the Old School House. Original architects' plans are held by the owners, and office documents were transferred to the Devon Record Office in 1986. The Perryman family has occupied the site since around 1450.