Description

SS 80 SW SANDFORD

3/173 Combe Lancey Farmhouse including adjoining cob wall to south

GV II

Farmhouse. C16 core refurbished in C19 and C20. Plastered cob on rubble footings; rubble stack topped with plastered brick; thatched roof. Much altered 3 room and through passage house facing south with service room at right (east) end. Gable- ended stair block to rear of hall, probably C17. Service rooms and stores added to left, beyond inner room, in C18 and C19. Axial stack at upper end of hall and rear lateral stack to service room. 6 window front comprising C20 casements of varied size and irregular disposition. Front passage door towards right end has overlight and C20 gabled and glass-sided porch. Secondary C19 plank door into former inner room left of centre. Roof is gable-ended to left and hipped to right. Interior has C19 and C20 fittings, probably hiding earlier features. In hall and inner room exposed cross beams with soffits hacked back. Roof of mostly C18 and C19 trusses but includes one C16, smoke-blackened side-pegged jointed cruck over upper side of passage. Domesday Estate (Devon SMR).

Listing NGR: SS8197301488

External Links

• Wikidata Q26563159

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas