Description

SX 98 NE WOODBURY

1/74 Rydon Farmhouse
11.ll.52
- II

Farmhouse. Early C17 much altered in the C19. Roughcast cob on brick footings;
gabled-end synthetic slate roof. The right-hand end has been rebuilt in brick.
Formerly a 3-room through-passage plan house, the service end (rebuilt in the C19)
to the right of the passage; the passage has been widened to form a heated entrance
hall, and contains the present main staircase. C19 front wing added to inner room.
External rear lateral stack with slated off-sets and C18 imported brick shaft heats
hall; C19 2- and 3-light casement windows, 8 panes per light, to 1st floor; 1 3-
light, and 3 2-light casement windows to ground floor; porch to passage entrance,
hipped roof; half-glazed door. Wing with leantos and 2-light casement windows.
Rear: with one single light, and 2 2-light casement windows only.
Interior: 2 chamfered cross ceiling beams with scroll stops to hall; the hall
fireplace has been removed. Roof completely rebuilt in 1915.
(Note: old reference to earlier listing: Nov. 1952. 34/209)

Listing NGR: SX9999186997

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618034

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