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| HER Number: | MDV12197 |
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| Name: | Horse Engine House at Mildon's Leigh, Chawleigh |
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Summary
Site of a former horse engine house.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 725 122 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS71SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Chawleigh |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHAWLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS71SW/17/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HORSE ENGINE HOUSE (Built, XVIII to XIX - 1701 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Horse engine house depicted on rear of barn forming part of the range of buildings on the western side of the farmyard.
Dudley, E., 1980, Horse engine house (Worksheet). SDV46585.
Site visit August 1980. Horse engine in a roundhouse at the redundant farmstead at Mildon's Leigh. The roundhouse is intact and part of the machinery survives. The pillar is askew and the wooden shafts are decayed, but the wheel, lantern wheel and iron shafting into threshing barn are intact. The barn is of cob which is decaying.
P. Child, 1989, Mildon's Leigh, Chawleigh (Ground Photograph). SDV365641.
Exterior photo showing the horse engine house in a collapsed state.
Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.
Not shown on modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #141261 ] |
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| SDV365227 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2023. Mastermap 2023. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV365641 | Ground Photograph: P. Child. 1989. Mildon's Leigh, Chawleigh. Devon County Council Historic Buildings Photo. Photograph (Paper) + Digital. |
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| SDV46585 | Worksheet: Dudley, E.. 1980. Horse engine house. Worksheet + Digital. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV37630 | Related to: Mildon's Leigh Farmhouse, Chawleigh (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 27 2023 12:22PM |
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