Description

HOLCOMBE ROGUS
ST 01 NE
5/102
- Test End Farmhouse
- II
Farmhouse. Early or mid C16 with major later C16 and C17 improvements, modernised
and partly rebuilt circa 1930. Plastered cob on stone rubble footings; stone rubble
stacks, one still with its original stone rubble chimneyshaft; slate roof (formerly
thatch).
Plan and development: originally a 3-room-and-through-passage plan facing south-
west. The former inner room, at the left (north-west) end, has a gable-end stack.
The former hall has an axial stack backing onto the site of the passage. The
partition between hall and innner room has been removed and the 2 rooms united. The
rear of the passage is now blocked by C20 staircase. 2-storey front porch. The
service end has a 2-room plan with axial stack between but this end is a complete
rebuild of circa 1930. The original house was an open hall house heated by an open
hearth fire. The hall and inner room parlour fireplaces were probably inserted
between the mid C16 and early C17, the hall one first. The hall was floored over in
the late C16 or early C17, probably the same time the porch was built. Now 2
storeys throughout.
Exterior: irregular 2:1:1 window front of C20 casements with glazing bars. The
gabled porch, a little right of centre has a plain outer doorway containing a C20
plank door door. Secondary C20 door and lean-to porch on right end. Roof is gable-
ended.
Interior: is mostly the result of C20 modernisations. For instance both hall and
inner room fireplaces are blocked by C20 grates. No carpentry detail shows in the
inner room end but the hall section has a soffit-chamfered and pyramid stopped
crossbeam. The roof section overthe hall and Inner room is made up of C16 trusses.
The lower sections are plastered over but their shape suggest they are jointed
crucks. Only the hall part of the roofspace was available for inspection at the
time of this survey and it was smoke-blackened from the open hearth fire.

Listing NGR: ST0501818476

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26400278

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)