Description

SX 48 SE BRENTOR

7/37 Perry Ash
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GV II

Farmhouse. C16 origins, C17 remodelling. C20 renovations. Whitewashed stone rubble
with C20 Delabole slate roof gabled at ends. Rendered chimneys at gabled ends of
main block. Original plan probably 2 or 3 rooms and through passage, with C16 stack
backing into passage. In 1647 (datestone) the inner room may have been added or
rebuilt with a projecting semi-circular stair turret (q.v. Woodmanswell Cottage).
The passage and lower end no longer exist although there is a small addition at the
lower end of the hall stack under a slightly lower roof. 2 storeys, 2-window
asymmetrical front with C20 front door and further entrance on front at left.
Irregular fenestration, 2 C20 2-light casements, one 1-light fixed window with
glazing bars.
Interior Massive granite fireplace with lintel carried on a corbel (q.v. Monkstone
and East Liddaton) on one side only. 1 cross beam to hall, slate floor. Inner room
has exposed ceiling beams and large fireplace with chamfered fireplace lintel C17
waney joists with chamfers room blocked but retains stone hollow-chamfered jambs and
lintel, jambs with pyramid stops. Roof timbers replaced late C20. Timber newel
stair.

Listing NGR: SX4784880235

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398801

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)