Description

NORTH BOVEY
SX 78 SW
4/181 Aller Farmhouse
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II

Farmhouse, originally longhouse. Probably C16, much altered mostly in C19. In
process of being renovated. Rendered granite rubble walls. Late C20 rebuilt brick
stacks. At present being re-thatched, formerly slated with gable ends. Wing to
rear of lower end and outshuts are slated.
Originally longhouse plan of shippon below through passage, hall and inner room.
Hall stack backing onto passage and gable end fireplace to inner room. At some
stage, possibly C18, the rear wall of the inner room was built out and the thatched
roof extended in a catslide over this projection. Shippon converted probably in C19
into a parlour, and chimney stack inserted at lower gable end. Victorian wing, with
dairy on ground floor, added at rear. Late C19/early C20 outshut at rear of hall
filling space between the other rear additions. A further outshut was added to the
front of the hall and inner room.
2 storeys. Almost regular 4-window front, C19 3-light wood casements with glazing
bars at present being replaced by small paned 2-light casements which are already
inserted in first floor right of centre and right-hand openings. Central doorway to
passage early C20 studded door with glazed panel at centre under slate porch hood.
In between the ground floor right of centre and right-hand windows is a granite
framed ventilation slit with roughly curved head originally lighting shippon. There
is a wide splay to this window inside. Outshut to left of door. Just to the right
of the first floor centre left window the wall projects slightly and then continues
to the right on that line. Victorian wing has at its gable end 3-light casement on
ground and first floor, the ground floor one has iron stanchion bars. Granite
rubble garden wall to east of house extending its full length.
Interior at present virtually gutted in process of renovation. No original
partitions survive in the original house but the hall stack survives and has the
typical granite ashlar back facing onto the passage, without a cornice or plinth
however. The hall fireplace has a monolithic granite jamb to the right and an oven
opening to the left-hand side. Chamfered wooden lintel with worn stops. The inner
room fireplace has been reduced in width by the insertion of a brick pillar part way
along, in the subdivided section, to the left, is an oven in the rear wall.
Chamfered wooden lintel with worn stops. In the large lower room the stack is not
tied into the gable end wall. Another ventilation slit has been uncovered on the
former rear wall of the shippon also granite framed with a wide splay.
Probably C18 roof consisting of straight principals with collars set into trusses
and pegged.

Listing NGR: SX7432383187

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26493681

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