History in Structure

Higher Cobbaton Farmhouse, Including Shippon Attached to West

A Grade II Listed Building in Chittlehampton, Devon

We don't have any photos of this building yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?

Upload Photo »

Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.0245 / 51°1'28"N

Longitude: -3.9777 / 3°58'39"W

OS Eastings: 261395

OS Northings: 126872

OS Grid: SS613268

Mapcode National: GBR KV.HN5B

Mapcode Global: FRA 26KD.VHJ

Plus Code: 9C3R22FC+QW

Entry Name: Higher Cobbaton Farmhouse, Including Shippon Attached to West

Listing Date: 25 February 1965

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1165572

English Heritage Legacy ID: 98672

ID on this website: 101165572

Location: Cobbaton, North Devon, EX37

County: Devon

District: North Devon

Civil Parish: Chittlehampton

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Swimbridge St James the Apostle

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

Tagged with: Agricultural structure

Find accommodation in
Chittlehampton

Description


SWIMBRIDGE COBBATON
SS 62 NW
11/189
Higher Cobbaton Farmhouse,
25.2.65 including shippon attached to
west.
GV
II

Farmhouse with shippon attached at left end. Farmhouse late C16/early C17 extended
to rear in C17. Shippon probably of same date but with later alterations and
reroofed in C20. Painted rendered stone rubble and cob. Asbestos stack at right
end and tall rendered lateral hall stack to front with offsets. Originally a true
longhouse with entry to shippon from through-passage now blocked and rear through-
passage doorway infilled. Hall and inner room to right of through-passage and
right-angled kitchen extension of 2 storeys to rear, forming overall T-shaped plan.
Farmhouse 2 storeys. Tallet floor mostly removed from shippon end. Farmhouse has
3-window range. 2-light casement. 2 panes per light above through-passage dorway
with wide plank door. A 2-light casement, 4 panes per light, and horned sash 3
over 3 panes to right of stack on each floor. Hall stack projection has tall 4-
paned single light window. Buttress between hall and inner room. Shippon to left
has loft opening and plank door above window opening at left end and plank shutter
to right hand window. 4 pigeon holes above.
Interior: much of the original joinery survives. 4-centred arched doorway with
chamfered surround to rear of hall. Cyma reversa door surrounds with ornately
carved stops between hall/inner room and to rear of inner room to stair turret.
Similar stops to ovolo moulded door surround to left at head of stairs and C17
plank door with cover strips opposite head of stairs. Ovolo moulded surround with
chamfered and stopped lintel to dairy doorway at bottom of stairs. Section of
probably C17 panelling survives of 12 panels to inner doorway screen to principal
chamber. 2 chamfered and stopped surrounds to rear landing passage doorways.
Moulded platerwork cornices to inner room and principal chamber over. Creamery to
rear of hall. No access to the roofspace but height of ceilings, with no trusses
showing, and survival of plasterwork cornice suggests that possibly a collar-rafter
roof survives.


Listing NGR: SS6139526872

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.