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Summary

Farmhouse, 16th century, rubble and cob with a thatched roof which includes original trusses. Part of Middle Coombe Farm in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1269086: HIGHER COOMBE FARM COTTAGE

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX97SW/146
• Old Listed Building Ref: 461162

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMHOUSE (XVI - 1501 AD to 1600 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Maps and Apportionments (Website). SDV349463.

Plot 972 in Bishopsteignton tithe apportionment is part of Langley's Higher Coombe, listed as 'Homestead'.

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

Plot 972 (Bishopsteignton).

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

'Middle Coombe Farm' marked.

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

'Middle Coombe Farm' marked.

Dudley, E. R., 1981, Cob Cottage, 2 Higher Coombe (Worksheet). SDV350630.

Site visit during September 1981. Rubble and cob building with thatched roof with original trusses. Central and two end stacks. Wattle and daub partition. End passage. Cross-passage. Remnants of stud and panel partition. Diagonal stops and step stop. Jointed cruck. Lead window. Asbestos roof on outshot of rubble, stone and cob. More details on worksheet; plan, photo and sketch.

Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.

English Heritage, 2012, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV348729.

Formerly known as: Nos1 and 2 Higher Coombe Cottages. House, 16th century. Painted render over cob and rubblestone, hipped thatched roof with rendered stacks to end walls and a ridge stack to the right of the door. Originally a three-room plan with hall stack backing onto through passage and long lower end. Exterior: two storeys; four-window range. Twentieth century windows, door and porch. A window to the far right was formerly a door. Interior: the ground-floor room to the left has rough crossbeam possibly chamfered to the left side. To the rear right of the passage, which has stop-chamfered joists, is part of a plank-and-muntin wall and doorcase. The room to the right of the passage has exposed joists with roll-edge moulding divided from a room to the far right by a complete plank-and-muntin wall. Upper floors not seen.

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Associated Events: none recorded

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