Description

CHUDLEIGH
SX 88 SE
1/7 Crammers Farmhouse
14.4.78

GV II

Farmhouse, subdivided into 2 houses. Probably C18 with late C20 alterations. Local
limestone rubble, whitewashed to the front; thatched roof, gabled at ends; axial
stack to left of centre, later rear right internal lateral stack.
Evidence of considerable patching on the front elevation; original plan not entirely
clear. It may have been a 3 room wide single depth plan with a hall/kitchen to the
left (heated by the axial stack) with an approximately central entrance leading into
a lobby with the stairs to the left and a small service room behind the stair and
entrance lobby. The right hand room, originally unheated, may have been used for
storage, a blocked recess at first floor level on the rear elevation suggests a
possible loft entrance. A small unheated room at the left end may have been an
unheated parlour or possibly an additional service room. C20 alterations have
involved re-siting the front door and some new fenestration. The left hand end of
the house is now in separate occupation.
2-storeys. Asymmetrical 6 window front with a large C20 thatched porch to right of
centre and a second C20 half-glazed thatched porch to the left. 2 and 3-light ground
floor casements, 2 panes per light. First floor windows 2-light casements, 2 and 3
panes per light except first floor left and the 2 right hand windows which are
aluminium replacements.
The rear elevation, facing the road, has a wide recess at first floor level and two
1-light first floor windows, one with square leaded panes is probably C18 and 3
ground floor casements, including 1 with an iron stanchion.
Interior Largely modernized although the putative arrangement of the C18 is mostly
intact. The large fireplace to the axial stack has a plastered over lintel and
jambs, 2 roughly-hewn cross beams are also plastered over.
A vernacular house in a conspicuous position adjacent to the road.

Listing NGR: SX8805480903

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618913

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