Gidleigh Mill

SX 68 NE GIDLEIGH

3/173 Gidleigh Mill

22.6.87 - II

Farmhouse. Probably late C17 although the plan-form might suggest evidence of earlier origins. Granite stone rubble, plastered to front; granite stacks topped with C19 brick; thatch roof. Plan: 3-room-and-through-passage plan house built across the hillslope facing south- south-east, say south. The rear wall is exposed and shows no sign of a rear passage doorway. Both ends have gable-end stacks, the left one with a winder stair rising alongside to the front. The centre room has an axial stack backing onto the passage. The left room is thought to have been the kitchen. 2 storeys. Exterior. Irregular front fenestration, 4 first floor (with a fifth, left end, to the stairs), and 2 ground floor C19 and C20 casements with glazing bars and the oldest with vertical iron glazing bars. The front doorway is a little left of centre and now contains a C20 door. Roof is gable-ended. The rear wall shows a slight change of axis near the centre but no definite change of masonry. It also contains very low windows, again C19. Interior is largely the result of an apparently superficial C19 modernisation but plain carpentry detail where exposed. Roof not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX6738788760