Description

WARBSTOW
SX 18 NE
6/237 Youlstone Farmhouse
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GV II

Farmhouse. Probably early C17, possibly with earlier origins. Stone rubble and cob,
rendered on front and rear. Hall bay of stone rubble with granite dressings. Partly
slate hung on exposed left hand gable end of higher range on right. Steeply pitched
slate roof with gable ends and lower range on left. Brick shaft to end stack on
right and stone rubble and brick shaft to axial stack to left of centre.
Plan: Probably a 3-room and through passage plan, the house built down the slope
with the ground rising to right. Entrance to left of centre with hall heated by
axial stack backing onto passage and with C17 hall bay to front on higher right hand
side. Inner room beyond to right heated by end stack. The lower end on left was
converted from a shippon to domestic use in the 1970s or 1980s and is unheated.
Exterior: Two storey range on right and one-storey and loft on left, the roof
heights altering in line with the cross wall below the passage. Asymmetrical 4-
window front, the entrance to left of centre and the ground rising to right. C20
entrance porch with gable end; C20 2-light casement and two C19 2-light casements
flanking 2-storey hall bay beyond to right. First floor has C20 1-light casement
above entrance and C19 and C20 2-light casements flanking hall bay. The gabled hall
bay projection has a granite 3-light mullion window on ground floor and similar 2-
light mullion window on first, both with hoodmoulds. C20 glazed extension across
left hand side of lower end on left.
Interior: Not accessible. The owner states that there is a granite surround to the
hall fireplace.

Listing NGR: SX1986089592

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26455007

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Devon (Pevsner 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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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)