Description

SP 61 SW
5/2
BOARSTALL
MAIN ROAD
Tower Farmhouse

GV

II

25.10.51

House. Early C17. Thin brick in English bond, with rubble stone plinth,
ashlar band course, moulded stone cornicea little below the eaves, and stone
quoins and windows. C20 tile roof, hipped to left. Chimney between left
bays is partly of thin brick. Originally E-plan with short side wings and
central staircase projection to rear, the left wing with stables surviving
in rear bay, the right wing demolished. 2 storeys and attic, 6 bays. 2-light
moulded stone mullion windows with Tudor hoodmoulds and leaded lights.
Ground floor windows flanking door altered to 3-light leaded casements
with transoms. Main entrance in fourth bay has stone chamfered jambs and
4-centred arch, and C20 gabled timber porch. Similar stone doorways to far
left and to rear of left wing. C20 doors to front. Irregular lean-to
extensions and attic dormers to rear. Rear walls partly of greensand
rubble. Interior has stop chamfered spine and cross beams, and timber framed
partitions to first floor with stop-chamfered doorframes. Original board
doors. Upper flight of spacious C17 winder staircase, lower flight replaced
C20. Attic to left wing has landing balustrade with turned balusters.
Rear bay of left wing has C17-early C19 stabling for 3 horses, one partition
with wooden Doric column.
RCHM I p. 59 Mon. 5.

Listing NGR: SP6241414290

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26417347

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings