Description

ASHBURTON

SX76NW BUCKFAST ROAD
849-1/3/14 (West side)
07/08/51 Furzeleigh Farmhouse, former stables
and pigsty adjoining Left side
(Formerly Listed as:
BUCKFAST ROAD
(West side)
Furzeleigh Farmhouse)

GV II

Farmhouse, with adjoining stables and pigsty. House believed
to be late medieval, remodelled C16-C17. Stables probably C18;
pigsty C19; house rendered; stables stone rubble. House has
slated roofs. 2 large rendered front chimneys with offsets; a
third on rear wall. Stone rubble chimney on gable of low rear
wing. Corrugated-iron roof covering to stables and pigsty.
Probably originally a 2-room medieval plan with extended lower
end to left; projecting entrance-porch off-centre to right.
Rounded stair turret to right of porch. Lower end now contains
2 rooms and has one of the front chimneys at right-hand end,
abutting the porch. At rear of lower end is a low heated wing,
possibly a salting-house for pig meat. Stable abuts left gable
of house with lean-to pigsty at far end.
2-storeyed house (except for single-storeyed rear wing). 5
windows wide. Wood casements. 2-storeyed gabled porch. Section
to left has much lower roofline. Stable lofted; 3 doorways and
a window, all with segmental stone arches having tall
voussoirs. Interior: house not inspected, but 1973 list
description mentions 'wide beams, plastered'. Steeply-pitched
roof of right-hand section may well be medieval, but occupant
says timbers all plastered in.
Together with the bank barn, covered gateway and cartshed (qv)
enclosing front courtyard this is an unusually well-preserved
farmstead. On the E side of the road is a detached cattle yard
(not listed) with buildings of approximately late C18 or early
C19.

Listing NGR: SX7454867737

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571815

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)