Description

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SS 60 SE
6/67

NORTH TAWTON
Higher Nichols Nymett

(Formerly listed as Higher Nichol Nymet)

GV
II

Farmhouse. Probably C16, with C17 alterations, modernised in late C20. Rendered cob and stone rubble walls. Thatched roof hipped at left end and gabled at rear of wing. Two rendered axial stacks. Plan: original plan unclear, now L-shaped with three rooms in main range and one large room in wing at rear of right-hand end heated by stack axial with main range. The other axial stack is situated between the two left-hand rooms.

Exterior: Two storeys. Asymmetrical three-window front with two-window front to the outer face of wing behind right-hand end. All late C20 wood casements of two, three and four lights with leaded panes. C20 open-fronted thatched porch at left-hand end with C20 part-glazed door behind. Wing has C20 glazed double doors approximately at centre of outer face.

Interior has heavy beamed ceilings and C17 fireplaces. It is also believed to contain medieval roof timbers.

Listing NGR: SS6915402084

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26611958

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)