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CHUMLEIGH
SS 61 NE
3/24 Courtyard range of farmbuildings
circa 1O metres south-west of
Spittle Farmhouse
GV II
Courtyard range of farmbuildings. 1871. Cider-house probably C18. Unrendered stone
rubble. Cider-house of cob and stone rubble. Slate roofs with gable ends. Barn has
asbestos slate roof. Cider house has hipped corrugated iron roof.
Courtyard range of farmbuildings, comprising open-fronted linhays on 2 sides, that to
north side of 7 bays with stone rubble piers that to west side of 6 bays with timber
posts; barn or south side has stone rubble porch projection and double plank doors;
stables adjoining to left has 2 loft doors over cart entrance at left end and 2
windows each side of plank door to right. Granary on east side has loft door at
north gable end, external stone steps removed. The cider-house stands a few metres
north of the courtyard range and has all its fittings, including cider-press with
metal thread, apple-loft, cider racks and apple crushers intact and is still used for
cider-making.
Spittle Farm belonged to the Fortescue Estate until the early C20, the 1871 farm
buildings being a good and little altered example of a planned courtyard range.

Listing NGR: SS6821217944