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Latitude: 50.3066 / 50°18'23"N
Longitude: -3.7985 / 3°47'54"W
OS Eastings: 272026
OS Northings: 46728
OS Grid: SX720467
Mapcode National: GBR QG.31YK
Mapcode Global: FRA 28Y7.00N
Plus Code: 9C2R8642+JJ
Entry Name: Gatehouse to Leigh Barton Farm
Listing Date: 28 July 1989
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1168488
English Heritage Legacy ID: 99515
ID on this website: 101168488
Location: Sorley, South Hams, Devon, TQ7
County: Devon
District: South Hams
Civil Parish: Churchstow
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Churchstow St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: Gatehouse
CHURCHSTOW LEIGH
SX 74 NW
5/70
Gatehouse to Leigh Barton
Farm
GV I
Gatehouse to farmhouse group. C15. Thin bedded coursed schist, slate roof.
Gatehouse in two storeys, with flanking boundary walls. To the road a long
section of blank wall contains pair of plank doors in pointed arch to double
chamfer, flush voussoirs; centres above an upper chamber with 2-light mullion
and transom window to uncusped heads in moulded stopped drip, set above a conti-
nuous moulded drip course which forms the bottom members of steep weathered
coping to flanking screen walls. Upper level has coped verged and stack to
pyramidal capping, left. Inner front has wide round arched opening to chamfer,
under 2-light cusped window with drip, as outer face, above moulded string
which becomes rich moulded wide corbel course to right over a set-back section
of wall; small stair light on right return. Flank walls have drip course under
parapet, to right with putlog holes or rafter recesses; to left a large rubble
raking buttress supports outer end, and links with North Comery Farmhouse (qv).
Interior has upper chamber with fireplace and garderobe, approached by the stone
spiral stair. Roof rebuilt in 1950's. AM Devon No 193.
(Beric M Morley; Leigh Barton, Churchstow, S Devon; Devon Archaeological
Society Proceedings, No 41, 1983).
Listing NGR: SX7202646728
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