Description

CHULMLEIGH
SS 71 NW
4/19 Lower Dodyard
20.2.67
CV II

Tenement farmhouse, now private house. C17, but possibly earlier fabric survives.
Painted rendered stone rubble and cob. Thatch roof with brick stack at right gable
end, half-hipped thatch roof to single storey lower end. Rear lateral stone rubble
hall stack with tapered cap heightened in brick. Slate roof to rear outshut.
Plan: 2-room plan with direct entry into hall to left lower end and inner room to
right which has straight run staircase at rear. Single storey former outbuilding
converted to form part of dwelling at left end. This end appears to have been
rebuilt in the late C18 or early C19, and it is possible that originally the house
conformed to a 3-room and through-passage plan. Continuous outshut to rear.
Exterior: 2-storeys. 3-window range. C20 fenestration, all C20. 2-light
casements, 9 panes per light, except hall window which is of 3 lights. Plank door
giving direct entry into hall. Buttress to right of hall window.
Interior: Hall fireplace has dressed stone jambs with slightly hollow chamfered
lintel and bread oven. This chamfered axial ceiling beam with prism stops. Inner
room end altered in C20. Roof not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS7118616252

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26459513

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