Description

SX 79 NE CREDITON HAMLETS

6/76 Higher Neopardy,
Nos 1 and 2

Farmhouse........., No 2 in hall, passage and service end.

The above item No. and description shall be amended to read:

Higher Neopardy
Nos 1 and 3

Farmhouse.........., No.3 in hall, passage and service end.

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SX 19 NE CREDITON HAMLETS

6/76 Higher Neopardy,
Nos. 1 and 2

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Farmhouse, converted to 3 cottages, now 2 houses. C16 with C17 improvements,
extended and divided in C18, modernised in mid-C20. Plastered cob on rubble
footings; stone stacks with brick bops; wheat read thatched roof. Originally a 3-
room and through passage plan with service room at east end (right of south-facing
front). Possibly C17 service wing to rear of passage. Extended one room to west
in C18 when whole house altered and divided. Now No.1 to left in C18 extension and
inner room, No.2 in hall, passage and service end. Gable end stacks and hall stack
backing onto passage. 2 storeys. 6-window front of C19 and C20 casements of
various sizes and irregular disposition. Most with glazing bars. The thatch lifts
to accommodate 3 half-dormers to left and the left 2 of these have C19 small
rectangular panes. Passage door lies behind C20 glass-sided conservatory with
monopitch thatch roof. Former cottage door at right end of building and door to
No.1 into right side of C18 extension. Hall stack has original volcanic ashlar
chimney shaft with moulded coping, now raised in C19 brick.
Interior: oak plank-and-muntin screen to lower side of passage. In mid C17 service
room was remodelled as a parlour with plain cross beams intended for plaster
cladding and high quality volcanic ashlar fireplace with oak lintel and ogee-
moulded surround, now with inserted C18 brick side oven. Hall has C16 volcanic
ashlar fireplace with chamfered oak lintel and was floored in late C16-early C17
with cross beam with deep chamfer and step stops. Only the head beam of upper end
hall screen remains. Small inner room has massive but plainly-finished axial beam.
Side pegged jointed cruck truss exposed over hall-inner room partition but roof
over hall inaccessible. Mid-C17 roof over service end apparently A-fame trusses.
Crudely-finished C18 truss over western extension, contemporary fireplace with side
oven, and presumably reused chamfered and step stopped cross beam.

Listing NGR: SX7911699064

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26463557

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