Dunpole Farmhouse And Farm Buildings Attached To North

ST 31 SW 1627/3/145 18.03.1983

ILMINSTER CP WATEREY LANE (North Side, off)Sea Dunpole Farmhouse and farm buildings Attached to north (formerly listed under Civil Parish of Dowlish Wake as Dunpole Farmhouse and Stables)

GII Farmhouse.Early C18 and mid C19.Ham stone rubble;plain clay tiled roofs with some coped gables,some half hipped;brick chimney stacks.L-plan;two storeys,five-bay north elevation,with half-hipped gable to bay one.Casement windows of three lights,mostly with horizontal bars;to bay one a projecting porch with three-centre arched outer opening, brick lined;further dooway to bay four in lean-to porch.South elevation to match,with projecting crosswing to bay five,possibly the C18 portion,featuring broad brick chimney stack.Interior not seen.Attached to north gable a two-storey stable wing with hipped roof,with upper loft having steep timber access ladder stair with siderails, stable door and simple two-light casement windows to each level.Further north a single storey building with hipped Welsh slate roof,with single casement window and wide door with toplights over.Records of farmstead go back to at least 1715.(SSAVBRG Report,unpublished SRO,June 1983).

Listing NGR: ST3475113391