Description

SX 29 NE CREDITON HAMLETS NEOPARDY

6/124 Range of farmbuildings
approx. 10m west of Neopardy
Farmhouse

GV II

Courtyard ranges of contemporary farmbuildings. Circa 1850-60. Mostly rubble with
brick dressings but south front of brick with Beer stone dressings; slate roof. 4
ranges of adjoining farmbuildings around a courtyard, comprising cider-house, apple
store, granaries, stores, barn, shippon, linhays, stables, haylofts and stalls.
The external wall of south range has symmetrical 4-window brick front with Beer
stone dressings on same line and in same style as front of Neopardy Farmhouse
(q.v.). It has chamfered Beer stone quoins each end and unglazed windows have Beer
stone quoined architrave with flat heads and keystones. Roof is hipped each end.
North (courtyard) facing front is rubble with brick dressings as are rest of
farmbuildings. Originally balanced front with flights of granite steps to first
floor doors at each end and ground floor doors close to the steps between. (Now C20
window inserted over right door). Left end is cider house with part floored apple
store and includes remains of apple press. Remainder is granaries with 3 first
floor compartments. 12-bay roof overall. West wing has large barn over basement
shippon and rises higher than other buildings. Shippon has front arcade of 5 brick
segmental-headed arches. Barn has large central door with remains of iron hoist and
smaller loading door to right. A flight of stone steps rise from courtyard along
right side of barn. 7-bay roof is hipped each end. Shippon has pine troughs and
feeding corridor to rear. Barn has remains of roundhouse to rear. North wing
comprises, from left to right; 2 three-bay, Alcock's Type T1 linhay; full height
through-way with rubble walls; 2 similar 2-bay linhay; and, at right end, stables
with central door, hayloft loading door over, both flanked by slatted windows with
narrow band of glazing along top. Similar stables adjoin on east wing, and at
right end stalls with open-fronted hayloft above. To south a wide space to south
wing. All roofs have king post trusses. A complete and well-preserved farmyard of
the period.

Listing NGR: SX7950599040

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26549406

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability