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Summary

Ash house. Probably 18th century. Granite rubble walls with corbelled granite roof, cemented and partly overgrown on the outside. Circular plan with loading hatch on wall facing house with projecting granite lintel and doorway on opposite side.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1146686: ASH HOUSE DIRECTLY TO SOUTH SOUTH EAST OF BOWDEN FARMHOUSE

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX78NW40
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 445573
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78NW/183/1
• Old Listed Building Ref (II): 85007

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ASH HOUSE (Constructed, XVIII - 1701 AD (Between) to 1799 AD (Between))

Full description

Department of Environment, 1952, Newton Abbot RD, 88 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV304573.

Ash house. Probably 18th century. Granite rubble walls with corbelled granite roof, cemented and partly overgrown on the outside. Circular plan with loading hatch on wall facing house with projecting granite lintel and doorway on opposite side.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1981, SX78NW40 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV312656.

(19/11/1981) At SX 74748801, a few metres south of Bowden farmhouse, is a fine, circular, ash house. It has an overall diameter of 3.7m. with a hatch on the north side and a doorway on the south. The building has a corbelled stone slab roof and a total height of 3.7m. (See ground photograph).
Correctly positioned and depicted on 1:2500 M.S.D. but not named.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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