Description

NORTH BOVEY
SX 78 SW
4/195
- Hele Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. Some C17 fabric survives, much altered in C19. Front wall is of granite
ashlar, fairly small blocks; rear wall and wing of granite rubble construction, wing
rendered. Asbestos slate roof hipped to left, gabled to right. 3 brick axial
stacks.
Plan much altered in C19 re-modelling of house, likely to have been 3-room-and-
through passage, rear wing probably C18/C19. C19 rear outshut.
2 storeys. Asymmetrical 5-window front with doorway towards left end. The windows
to left of centre are mid C19 2-light casements with small panes and pointed heads.
The ground floor right-hand one has been converted into a door. Roughly at the
centre of this section is a gabled stone C20 porch with glazed door into house
behind it. To right of centre on first floor are two 2 light C20 casements on
ground floor to the left is C20 3-light casement with single light casement to the
right, all have small panes. Towards left end is date stone with 674 and initials
R.G., M.G. carved on it.
Interior features generally date from C19 re-modelling, consisting of much good
quality joinery including panelled doors, cupboards, shutters, and staircase with
curved handrail, carved spandrels and curtail steps either side. A few features
from the earlier building survive. The right-hand room has a large granite framed
fireplace with roughly chamfered jambs and the lintel partially hacked away to take
Rayburn. Above the fireplace is a finely moulded half beam. One of the first floor
rooms contains a granite framed fireplace with chamfered lintel and roll moulded
jambs. Roof space not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX7209784171

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26461568

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)