Description

WIDECOMBE-IN- POUNDSGATE
SX 77 SW THE-MOOR
6/255 Lower Aish Guest House

GV II

Guest house, formerly a farmhouse. C17 or earlier. Roughcast solid walls, probably
of stone. Slated roof. Large granite chimneystack on each gable; slightly larger
rendered stack on ridge, off-centre to right. Probably a 3-room and cross-passage
plan with hall stack backing on to passage. 2 storeys. 4-windows wide front. All
windows have 6-paned sashes with horns. Single-storeyed entrance-porch with solid
walls and slated pent roof. Round-arched granite doorway, moulded and with carved
spandrels, one containing the date 16-- (possibly 1653). The ground-storey front
wall to left of porch has a slight pent-roofed projection.
Interior not inspected.
R Dymond, ed., Widecombe, 1876, p.2, says the porch bears date 1656 and initials TH.
House "has remained in the Hamlyn family for at least two centuries". "In this farm
house is preserved a large fragment of oak pannelling, with the familiar linen
pattern". The building was badly damaged by fire in about the 1930s (information
from Mrs F Wilkinson).

Listing NGR: SX7058572099

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26535309

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Recommended Books

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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)