Bittleford Farmhouse, Including Shippon At Left Hand End

SX 77 SW WIDECOMBE-IN- 6/133 THE-MOOR Bittleford Farmhouse, including 23.8.55 shippon at left-hand end

GV II

Farmhouse, possibly a former longhouse. Probably C17 or earlier; porch added 1705. Shippon end rebuilt late C19 or early C20. Granite rubble; house-part covered with roughcast. House covered with asbestos slates, shippon with real slates. 2 large chimneystacks on ridge covered with roughcast; left-hand stack (probably backing on to through-passage) with stone weatherings. Plan seems to have 4 domestic rooms to right of through-passage. 2 storeys. 4-window front; all windows have C20 plastic casements, except for C19 wood casement in upper storey of porch. Ground storey of porch has moulded, round-arched granite doorway with 1705 RT carved in the spandrels. Shippon to left is L-shaped; openings have segmental arches with well- cut voussoirs. Loft door with gabled roof rising above eaves-line. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX7056374898