Description

CHULMLEIGH
SS 61 NE
3/23 Spittle Farmhouse
GV II
Farmhouse. C17, remodelled in early C19, with C20 internal alterations. Stone
rubble and cob, upper storey rendered. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles and
hip finials. Brick stacks at each end. Rear lateral hall stack capped with a gable
in C19.
Plan: former 3-room and through-passage plan, with parlour to left of passage at
upper left end and kitchen beyond the hall at right end. In C20, the screen
partitions have been removed and a single large room including the hall and gable end
fireplace, formed from the parlour and part of the hall. Single storey dairy
outbuilding at right end.
Exterior: 2 storeys. 7-window range. C20 fenestration all 2-light casements, except
for 3 light hall window. Porch has gabled slate roof with clay ridge tiles, finial
and metal fire insurance plaque. Plank inner door.
Interior: largely altered in C20. Kitchen has large C19 fireplace with cambered
brick arch. Hall fireplace has rough chamfered timber lintel. Pegged A-frame roof
trusses with lapped collars.

Listing NGR: SS6822217989

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26459525

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