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| HER Number: | MDV8758 |
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| Name: | Ash House at West Coombe, North Bovey |
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Summary
Westcombe. An ash house (4m high. External diam 3m). Vis=21/3/1953 (os) a circular hut of granite with granite corbelled roof. A doorway in the north east has no door, but iron door fastenings remain. Diametrically opposite is a square walled-up window. Nothing to add (worth, 1934) listed grade iii (doe 1952). Vis=ash house. Probably c18. Granite rubble walls with conical corbelled granite rubble roof covered with turfs. Circular plan, loading hatch faces house, doorway on opposite wall. Both have granite lintels situated approx 40ne of lower west coombe farmhouse (doe 1987).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 709 825 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX78SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | North Bovey |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | NORTH BOVEY |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX78SW1
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 445627
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78SW/35/2
- Old Listed Building Ref (II): 85189
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ASH HOUSE (XVIII - 1701 AD to 1799 AD (Between))
Full description
DOE 1987, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV304934.
Westcombe. An ash house (4m high. External diam 3m).
Vis=21/3/1953 (os) a circular hut of granite with granite corbelled roof. A doorway in the north east has no door, but iron door fastenings remain. Diametrically opposite is a square walled-up window. Nothing to add (worth, 1934) listed grade iii (doe 1952).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV304935.
Osa=sx78sw1.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV304936.
Harris, h. /industrial archaeology of dartmoor/(1968)211.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV304937.
Worth, r. H. /dartmoor/(1953)416/photograph.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV304938.
Worth, r. H. /t. T. N. H. S. /7(1934-1938)29/the dartmoor house/plate.
Department of Environment, 1952, Newton Abbot Rural District (Provisional List), 93 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV280219.
Ash-house at West Combe. Grade III.
Department of Environment, 1987, Bovey Tracey, 181 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV341582.
Ash house. Probably 18th century. Granite rubble walls with conical corbelled granite rubble roof covered with turfs. Circular plan, loading hatch faces house, doorway on opposite wall. Both have granite lintels situated approx 40m north-east of Lower West Coombe farmhouse.
Cherry, B. + Pevsner, N., 1989, The Buildings of England: Devon, 600 (Monograph). SDV325629.
The ash house is probably 18th century and has granite rubble walls with a conical corbelled roof covered with turf. The plan is circular.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV280219 | List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 1952. Newton Abbot Rural District (Provisional List). Historic Houses Register. Unknown. 93. |
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| SDV304934 | Report - Survey: DOE 1987. |
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| SDV304935 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV304936 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV304937 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV304938 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV325629 | Monograph: Cherry, B. + Pevsner, N.. 1989. The Buildings of England: Devon. The Buildings of England: Devon. Hardback Volume. 600. |
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| SDV341582 | List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 1987. Bovey Tracey. Historic Houses Register. A4 Spiral Bound. 181. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV77039 | Related to: Higher West Coombe, North Bovey (Monument) |
| MDV22117 | Related to: Lower West Coombe Farmhouse, North Bovey (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 18 2021 12:18PM |
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