Spriddlescombe Manor Farmhouse with Attached Granary, Modbury
Description: Spriddlescombe Manor Farmhouse with Attached Granary
Grade: II
Date Listed: 25 January 1990
English Heritage Building ID: 99642
OS Grid Reference: SX6799853552
OS Grid Coordinates: 267998, 53552
Latitude/Longitude: 50.3670, -3.8574
Location: Modbury, Devon PL21 0TU
Locality: Modbury
Local Authority: South Hams
County: Devon
Country: England
Postcode: PL21 0TU
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Listing Text
MODBURY -
SX 65 SE
2/50
Spriddlescombe Manor
Farmhouse with attached
granary
- II
Farmhouse. Probably C17, but much modified C18 and C19. Rendered rubble, some
at back exposed, low-pitched slate roof, but asbestos-cement slate to granary
end. Long, narrow range, perhaps originally with cross-passage, but passage now
faces stair, continuous outshut to back, part 2-storey and part 1-storey; at
the higher end, to the left, a granary above a part sunk cellar or store. Two
storeys, 1+4 windows; to the granary a small 2-light casement, blocked, above
2-light, then 12-pane sashes in flush boxes. In third bay a 6-panel fielded
door set deep in panelled reveals under C20 flat hood on slender iron columns.
ridge stack, left, at junction with granary, off-ridge at hipped end, right, and
central to outshuts at eaves. Right return has 2 windows painted in, but frames
remain. Back has arched light to stair. Interior has panelled shutters, C19
doors, Victorian fireplaces, Victorian staircase. Granary, with storage bins,
approached by 7 stone steps to plank door in half-hipped end, above a large open
cellar with possibly C17 beams.
Listing NGR: SX6799853552
Source: English Heritage
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