Description

ASHREIGNEY RIDDLECOMBE
SS 61 SW
6/33 Lower Skellies Farmhouse
GV II
Farmhouse. Circa early to mid C17 possibly with earlier origins. C20 addition
plastered cob walls. Hipped thatch roof. 2 rendered axial stacks, the left-hand
one is probably stone rubble.
Plan: 3-room-and-through-passage plan, lower room to the left has fireplace backing
onto the passage. Room to right of passage presumably hall, is heated by stack at
its higher end. Unheated dairy beyond it. C20 addition at rear of left-hand end.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4 window front of early-mid C10 1,2 and 3-light
casements, C19 or early gabled open-fronted porch to left of centre with decorative
barge-board and part-glazed door behind. Probably C18 barn extending from left-hand
end with lower hipped corrugated iron roof, 1st floor loading hatch and central
doorway below it.
Interior: left-hand room has cambered wooden lintel to fireplace, chamfered with
hollow step stops. Roof timbers are encased on 1st floor and there is no access is
the roof-space. They may be of interest, however.

Listing NGR: SS6090213892

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398594

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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