Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 22 November 2022 to correct a typo in the name and address

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COCKINGFORD
WIDECOMBE-IN-THE-MOOR
Cockingford Farmhouse including shippon at south-west end

(Formerly listed as Cockingford Mill and Millhouse)

23.8.55

II

Farmhouse, formerly a mill and mill house. Probably late C17 or C18, with additions. Granite rubble. Slated roof. Rendered chimneystack on left-hand gable; granite ashlar stack on ridge, off-centre to left. Single-depth plan. two storeys with single-storey lean-tos at front and rear. Three windows wide; C20 wood casements. Ground storey has two old plank doors, one between the two windows, the other at right-hand end. At extreme right-hand end is a pent-roofed projection.

At left-hand end, set back a little, is a shippon with loft over. This has three doorways in ground storey, the left-hand two with granite slabs as lintels, the right-hand one wider with a shallow segmental arch having well-cut voussoirs. In centre of upper storey is an old plank loft door with wrought-iron strap-hinges. Against right-hand gable-wall is an iron water-wheel with wooden spokes and slats; it is moulded with the inscription WILLCOCKS & SON, BUCKFASTLEIGH. The sluice survives, with granite rubble retaining wall, and part of the leat running north-east across the hillside.

The house has group value with Cockingford Bridge and Cockingford Cottage, which are listed in the parish of Buckland-in-the-Moor.

Listing NGR: SX7169175088

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26535133

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)