Description

ASHBURTON

SX76NW SUMMERHILL
849-1/3/242 The Dell
19/02/86
(Formerly Listed as:
Barn at Summerhill Farm)

GV II

Farmhouse, later barn and stable, now house. Late medieval,
altered C18 or C19. The building was reconverted to a house in
the late 1980s. Stone rubble, part rendered. Slated roof. Plan
L-shaped. North-west wing has opposing wide doorways,
presumably to former threshing floor. 2 storeys. Irregular
openings, now filled with late C20 doorways and windows.
South-east side has blocked openings, one with ventilation
slit in the blocking; stone steps to upper storey; low lean-to
with wooden posts, the spaces infilled with stone rubble (this
lean-to belongs to Summerhill Farmhouse, qv). Old list refers
to "part timber-framed partition" and "substantial remains of
late medieval roof. 8 trusses of originally jointed-cruck form
though all the wall posts have been removed. Slightly cambered
collars and threaded purlins with a few original rafters
considerably smoke blackened."

Listing NGR: SX7445869317

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26501625

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Recommended Books

• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide