Description

PAIGNTON

SX86SE SLEEPY LANE
1947-1/2/85 (West side)
13/03/51 Shorton Farmhouse
(Formerly Listed as:
SHORTON ROAD
Shorton Farmhouse)

GV II

House. C17 or earlier origins.
MATERIALS: Local red breccia rubble with some cob, mostly
rendered; concrete tile roof, gabled at ends; stacks with
rendered shafts, one with 2 old pots.
PLAN: Overall T-plan. All internal partitions removed at time
of survey, but, judging from the stacks, originally a 3-room
plan house, the centre room heated from a lateral stack on the
rear; stair projection on entrance front; secondary front wing
at right-angles contains porch.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Deep eaves on exposed rafter ends. All
windows except one are one, 2- and 3-light of c1990 casements.
The Sleepy Lane elevation is now the entrance front with 2:1:2
windows. Gabled projection in the centre. 4-panel early C20
front door to right in projection, which has one ground and
one first-floor window. Window on right return of projection.
To the left, the main range has a shallow projection with a
first-floor late C19 twelve-pane fixed window. One ground- and
one first-floor window in main block to left of projection, 2
ground- and 2 first-floor windows to right. 4-window rear
elevation, which may originally have been the front, with a
shallow projecting shouldered lateral stack to right of centre
with the remains of a bread oven bulge. C20 gabled porch
alongside to left. 4 ground-floor windows, one broken through
the lateral stack. The left-hand window preserves the remains
of a square-headed hoodmould. 4 first-floor windows. C20
flat-roofed dormer to left of centre.
INTERIOR: Entirely gutted in the course of renovation with all
cross partitions, stair and the first floor removed. One
chamfered scroll-stopped C17 ceiling beam survives. Stair
projection slightly rounded internally. No.evidence of old
lintel to fireplace served by lateral stack. Wall tops built
up in brick to accommodate common rafter C20 roof. Short
slots, now infilled with brick, for principal rafter feet of
earlier roof.
Unfortunate disappearance of original interior, apart from one
beam. Exterior still retains some early character.

Listing NGR: SX8813662066

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503264

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)