Description

NEWTON ST CYRES LANGFORD SX 99 NW 6/18 Langford Farmhouse and Barn - adjoining to south

- II Former farmhouse and adjoining barn. Early C16 with major C16 and C17 improvements. Plastered cob walls on rubble footings. Cob, volcanic trap and brick stacks. Thatched roof. Originally a 3-room and through passage plan with inner room to right (south). Small 2-storey, gabled wing added in late C16 - early C17 to rear of services. In early C20 front door blocked, lower passage screen removed and new front door inserted to inner room. Now 2 storeys throughout with 2 gable stacks and large lateral stack to front of hall. C20 casements of various sizes to each of 3 rooms on each floor and another to passage. Large upright window to service chamber with thatched gable over. Original round-headed oak door frame to rear of passage. Good interior. 4-bay roof of side-pegged jointed crucks and single windbraces over wide hall bay. Closed trusses each side; large framing over post-and-panel screens. C16 stone fireplace with oak lintel in hall and late C16 -early C17 moulded beams. At service end massive mid-C17 cob fireplace across end wall with remains of walk-in smoking chamber to left and bread oven to right. The heavy oak lintel is chamfered with scroll stops. Well-preserved example of traditional lowland-Devon farmhouse. The slate-roofed cob barn adjoining to south with mid-late C19 roof is included for group value.

Listing NGR: SX9010397682

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)