Description

SX 79 NW HITTISLEIGH HITTISLEIGH BARTON

5/161 Hittisleigh Barton Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. Probably C16, much altered in C19 and C20. Rendered cob or rubble; cob
or rubble stacks topped with C19 brick; slate roof. Long gable-ended building
facing south, apparently with 3-room-and-through-passage plan with inner room at
west (left) end and granary/stores added to service room. End stacks to service
and inner rooms and axial hall stack backing onto putative passage. 4-window front
to house, all C20 PVC casements including 2-bay windows at left end. Roughly
central front door with late C19 glass-sided porch with glazing bars. Secondary
door to right to presumed service room has C20 glass-sided porch. At right end
flight of granite steps to granary door and a door at foot of stairs into ground
floor store. Only roof at left end, over putative hall and inner room, has high
pitch. Interior not inspected but oak ceiling beams, blocked fireplaces and oak
roof trusses are said to survive. Site of Domesday Manor of Hitenesleia.

Listing NGR: SX7340795455

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26549734

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