Description

BUCKLAND BREWER SS41NW 10/70 Higher Thorne Cottage and attached outbuilding GV II Farmhouse, probably a longhouse now house. Late medieval; remodelled in C17; mid/late C19 alterations. Colourwashed render over cob set on stone plinth; gabled thatch roof; rendered stone end stack to right of house. Plan: of longhouse type with 2-unit house set to left of shippon, divided by a through-passage in shippon. 2 storeys; 2-window range. Mid/late C19 inserted entry to left has open-fronted porch set in front of C19 plank door. Flat rendered arches over mid/late C19 two to 3-light casements; 2 similar windows in left-hand bay of shippon, the lower window probably representing a mid/late C19 blocking of one of the through-passage doors; loft opening above C19 plank door to shippon; old (possibly C17) plank door to through-passage entry to rear. Interior: shippon has cobbled floor with laterally-placed muck channel, and three C17 A-frame trusses with halved and crossed apexes; the partition wall on the left side of the shippon, which flanks one side of the through-passage, has a late medieval raised cruck with a collar and its ridge purlin set diagonally into a yoked apex (Alcock type Ll); the cruck has heavy smoke blackening on the side facing the house. Through-passage has two ovolo-moulded (probably reset) joists, one with a jewel stop. Interior of house; chamfered bressummer over open fireplace with cloam oven; round-arched cream hob. Mid/late C19 straight-flight stair to first floor, which has c17 plank door to left, and C17 A-frame roof with pegged collars (apex not visible).

Listing NGR: SS4190616303

External Links

• Wikidata Q26464626

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