Description

STOKEINTEIGNHEAD HIGHER ROCOMBE
SX 96 NW

12/378 Higher Rocombe Farmhouse
including front garden wall and
gate piers

GV II

Farmhouse and wall to garden in front. Probably early C19, rendered. Cob on stone
rubble footings; slate roof, gabled at ends; end stacks.
Plan: Double depth plan, 2 rooms wide, with a central entrance and a single-storey
lean-to at the right end, slighly set back.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay front with a central C19 gabled timber porch
with a pointed arched outer doorway, diagonal boarding. Cusped bargeboards and a
timber pendant in the gable. C20 front door. C19 or C20 3-light timber casements
with glazing bars. Stone rubble garden wall in front of the house with irregular
capping stones and square section gate-piers included in the listing.
Interior: Not inspected.
Group value with the farmbuildings in the small yard to the north and with a large
cob barn on the other side of the road, to the south west.

Listing NGR: SX9122568900

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26464103

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)