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Summary

North woodtown is the original farmhouse at woodtown. Cob and thatch with projecting stack. Cattle bower at lower end (doe 1959). Vis=20/3/1978 (timms). Exterior only seen. North woodtown, which lies to west of south woodtown is no longer inhabited. It is probably medieval in origin and would repay detailed examination. No reference in pnd (timms). Vis=farmhouse. Late c16. Possibly incorporating some late medieval fabric, rendered and plastered cob walls. Thatch roof hipped to left end, gabled to right. Large rubble lateral stack at front and brick stack at right gable end. Vis=plan: 3-room-and-through-passage plan, lower end to the left may originally have been completely used as a shippon but has now got small unheated room between passage and shippon. The shippon itself is divided into 2 parts with a small room at the end which has separate external access and may have been a stable. Hall is heated by a front lateral stack with integral window bay. Inner room has gable-end fireplace. Vis=exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 1-window front, 4 windows to ground floor with projecting single storey hall bay to right of centre.2 small-paned 2-light c19 casements on ground floor to right.1st floor window is early c20 3-light casement to left of centre. Below it is wide c20 plank door to passage. To its left is c20 small 2-light casement with a single light window beyond it. To the left of that is c19 plank door to shippon which has loading hatch above. The end wall of the shippon has a 1st floor loading hatch with very small square opening below it. Behind the shippon is a small outbuilding wing which incorporates a c17 chamfered wooden doorframe to rear courtyard and a passageway between it and the shippon. Opening off this passageway is another c17 chamfered doorframe to the end room of the shippon. Vis=interior: inaccessible at the time of survey but likely to remain unaltered, preserving features such as ceiling beams and open fireplace and quite likely with an early roof structure (doe).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS51SE/31
• Old Listed Building Ref (II)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMHOUSE (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV21926.

Doe/hhr:torrington rd/(1959, revised 1977)6.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV21927.

Des=timms, s. C. /as above.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV21928.

Doe/hhr:dolton/(10/3/1988)33.

Department of Environment, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV327156.

North woodtown is the original farmhouse at woodtown. Cob and thatch with projecting stack. Cattle bower at lower end (doe 1959). Vis=20/3/1978 (timms). Exterior only seen. North woodtown, which lies to west of south woodtown is no longer inhabited. It is probably medieval in origin and would repay detailed examination. No reference in pnd (timms). Vis=farmhouse. Late c16. Possibly incorporating some late medieval fabric, rendered and plastered cob walls. Thatch roof hipped to left end, gabled to right. Large rubble lateral stack at front and brick stack at right gable end. Vis=plan: 3-room-and-through-passage plan, lower end to the left may originally have been completely used as a shippon but has now got small unheated room between passage and shippon. The shippon itself is divided into 2 parts with a small room at the end which has separate external access and may have been a stable. Hall is heated by a front lateral stack with integral window bay. Inner room has gable-end fireplace. Vis=exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 1-window front, 4 windows to ground floor with projecting single storey hall bay to right of centre.2 small-paned 2-light c19 casements on ground floor to right.1st floor window is early c20 3-light casement to left of centre. Below it is wide c20 plank door to passage. To its left is c20 small 2-light casement with a single light window beyond it. To the left of that is c19 plank door to shippon which has loading hatch above. The end wall of the shippon has a 1st floor loading hatch with very small square opening below it. Behind the shippon is a small outbuilding wing which incorporates a c17 chamfered wooden doorframe to rear courtyard and a passageway between it and the shippon. Opening off this passageway is another c17 chamfered doorframe to the end room of the shippon. Vis=interior: inaccessible at the time of survey but likely to remain unaltered, preserving features such as ceiling beams and open fireplace and quite likely with an early roof structure (doe).

Unknown, 1978 - 1984, Development Control Consultations (Un-published). SDV346372.

Visited 20th March 1978 by Simon Timms. Recently rethatched to shippon.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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