Description

JACOBSTOW HIGHER LANGDON
SX 29 SW
11/7 Higher Langdon

II

Farmhouse. Late C17, remodelled circa C18, roof raised C19. Rendered slatestone
rubble with slate roof. Massive stack at right gable end with freestone chimney,
brick chimney at left gable end. Range one room deep, 2 rooms wide, break in front
plane suggests left end of front remodelled. Rear outshut formerly dairy. 2-
storey, 4-window range. Off-centre porch with hipped slate roof and C19 glazing
with marginal panes opens into present stair hall. Wide entrance door of 6-panels
with wide middle rail. Ground floor windows: one 3-light casement with glazing
bars and drip ledge to left of porch; to right of porch, one 2-light casement with
glazing bars, one 3-light casement with glazing bars. Drip ledge to ground floor
windows, right of porch extend beyond present openings. First floor windows: one
16-pane sash, one 2-light casement with glazing bars, two 3-light casements with
glazing bars. Slate sills throughout except ground floor right which has freestone
sill. Massive fireplace ground floor room right with chamfered granite jambs and
lintel approximately 7 feet long and 3 feet high. Recess to right of fireplace
possibly marking original stair turret. Slate floor. Roof raised and timbers
renewed circa C19. 1 face-pegged collar remains in roof-space at junction between
builds. Pigeon holes in right gable end.

Listing NGR: SX2079892894

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26435235

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