Description

NORTH MOLTON NORTH HEASLEY
SS 73 SW
10/169 North Heasley Farmhouse and shippon
- adjoining to south-west
GV II
Farmhouse and shippon. Early to mid C17 house, remodelled in the mid to late C19.
Probably late C18 early C19 shippon. Rendered, probably over stone rubble, with
gable-ended asbestos slate roof. C17 rendered stone square stacks with weatherings.
Stone rubble shippon with some cob on top of walls and gable-ended corrugated-iron
roof.
Plan and development: C17 three-room plan house, facing south-east. End rooms with
integral end stacks and small central unheated room with passage to rear. C17 two-
storey outshut to rear of centre and right-hand end, incorporating C17 staircase to
rear of central room. Right-hand room with entrance to right, probably formerly the
principal room. The C19 remodelling included fenestration and probably the raising
of the eaves. Shippon adjoining to left, probably a post C17 addition. Two storey
house with shippon of one storey and loft.
Exterior: Roughly-symmetrical front; mainly mid to late C19 two- and 3-light wooden
casements, with transoms to first floor and small panes to ground floor. C20 left
hand ground-floor window. C20 glazed door to right under C20 flat-roofed porch
between house and outbuilding (not included). Two-light staircase window to rear.
Front of shippon with half-height boarded door to left and C20 metal casement to
right; gable end to left has loft opening with wooden lintel.
Interior: Right-hand ground-floor room has C17 chamfered cross beam and wall beam
with scroll stops, and open stone fireplace with rebuilt jambs but retaining C17
chamfered wooden lintel with scroll stops. Left-hand ground-floor room with
longitudinal joists and fireplace with sandstone ashlar jambs and wooden lintel.

Listing NGR: SS7315533134

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26509223

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