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West Welland Farmhouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Bishop's Nympton, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.0008 / 51°0'2"N

Longitude: -3.7117 / 3°42'42"W

OS Eastings: 279988

OS Northings: 123771

OS Grid: SS799237

Mapcode National: GBR L6.K9HN

Mapcode Global: FRA 363G.PSH

Plus Code: 9C3R272Q+88

Entry Name: West Welland Farmhouse

Listing Date: 18 October 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1325498

English Heritage Legacy ID: 97562

ID on this website: 101325498

Location: North Devon, EX36

County: Devon

District: North Devon

Civil Parish: Bishop's Nympton

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Bishop's Nympton St Mary the Virgin

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description


SS 72 SE BISHOP'S NYMPTON

6/32 West Welland Farmhouse


II


Farmhouse. C17 or earlier origins with a later C17 or early C18 1 room plan addition
at the left (west) end. Colourwashed rendered cob and stone; asbestos slate roof,
gabled at ends (thatched until at least 1960s, old list description); projecting
right end stack, rear right lateral stack, left end stack.
Plan: The present arrangement is a single depth plan, south-facing, 4 rooms wide with
an entrance into a passage between the 2 right end rooms, facing a wide straight run
stair. A thick cross wall between the 2 left hand rooms and a hip in the roof
structure (information from owner) proves that the left hand kitchen with late
C17/early C18 features, is an addition. The 3 right hand rooms may have originated
as a 3 room and through or cross passage plan, lower end to the right, the hall
heated by the rear lateral stack, with a later stair inserted in the passage. The
inner room has been subdivided axially and there are no exposed carpentry details or
open fireplaces to these rooms although more conclusive evidence of the dating may
survive behind plaster.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Long asymmetrical 5 window front with a C19 or C20 gabled porch
with a C19 panelled front door to right of centre and C19 small-pane 3-light timber
casements. There is a second door directly into the left end kichen; rear left
outshut.
Interior: The 2 right hand rooms have plastered-over crossbeams and 1950s chimney
pieces, possibly concealing C17 carpentry. The stair is the full width of the
entrance passage with a good pair of C18 Chinese Chippendale dog gates with HL hinges
at the bottom and a C19 stair window with margin glazing and coloured glass. The
kitchen, at the left end has chamfered crossbeam with runout stops and a partly-
blocked large open fireplace with a bread oven and a timber lintel concealed behind
wall plaster.
Roof: Not inspected at time of survey but may be of interest. The survival of the
hipped end of the old house suggests that a pre C18 roof structure survives.
An attractive traditional farmhouse.


Listing NGR: SS7998823771

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