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Summary

Farmstead depicted on the Ashwater Tithe Map. The layout was altered in the second half of the 19th century. Surviving farm buildings include a substantial two storey L-shaped barn. The name Quoditch, however, is first documented in 1249.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMSTEAD (First mentioned, XIII - 1249 AD to 1249 AD)

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The Ashwater Tithe Map shows three ranges of buildings around the north, west and south sides of a yard with a smaller building at an angle on the east side. Additional buildings are shown to the south and north-east of the main farmyard.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

South Quoditch marked. Comparison with the Tithe Map shows the buildings to have been altered in the second half of the 19th century. The west range and part of the south range have been demolished and a new farmhouse built to the west of the yard with a garden. A wing has been added to the north range of the farmyard.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Further additions and alterations are evident in the late 19th-early 20th century, in particular a new range of buildings on the east side of the farmyard.

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One, 127 (Monograph). SDV1312.

The name Quoditch is first recorded as 'Quidhiwis' in 1249.

Torridge District Council, 2020, 1/0630/2020/FUL: Quoditch, Ashwater (Planning Application). SDV363950.

Information submitted with a planning application show the range of buildings on the north side of the yard to comprise a large two-storey L-shaped stone-built barn with a slate roof. The ground floor formerly contained a milking parlour, the first floor is divided into two rooms. It has a king post roof structure.
The east range is a single storey stone building with a box metal clad roof. It was formerly a cow shed.

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

South Quoditch marked.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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