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Summary

A circa 16th century farmhouse, which was refenestrated in the early 17th century.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1098377: LAKE FARMHOUSE INCLUDING ADJOINING OUTBUILDING TO EAST

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST20SW/56
• Old Listed Building Ref (II)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMHOUSE (XVI to XVII - 1501 AD to 1650 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV116124.

Doe/hhr:axminster rd/(1960)25.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV116125.

Osa=st20sw15.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV116126.

Doe/hhr:62:part of east devon(19/10/1984)174.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV116127.

Gover, j. E. B. + mawer, a. + stenton, f. M. /the place-names of devon/(1931)648.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV116128.

Des=horner, b.(dcc)/as above/(24/3/1994).

Horner, B., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1669.

Adjoining field named "rack close" (crf:st20sw/178) may indicate that there was a fulling/textile mill here (horner).

Department of Environment, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV328951.

Lake farm. Probably xviii on older site. Two storeys, of flint with a thatched roof. Stone mullions and wood casements (doe).

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

"lake" is documented in 1606 (mawer et al).

Clements, H. A., 1994, Survey of Farmsteads in the Devon Part of the Blackdown Hills (Report - Survey). SDV344050.

Devon and Somerset County Councils, 2000-2002, Historic Farmsteads Database, BH171H (Machine readable data file). SDV349681.

No information supplied.

Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.

English Heritage, 2013, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV350785.

Lake Farmhouse including adjoining outbuilding to east.

Farmhouse and adjoining outbuilding. Circa 16th century, refenestrated in early 17th century, stone rubble house. Slate roof with gabled ends. Roof of east end of lower pitch with asbestos slates. Two storeys. Five window range. Two three-light and one four-light ovolo-moulded stone mullion windows. Remainder 19th century and modern casements. Right hand modern door to cross passage with modern lean-to porch. Rebuilt brick ridge and end chimney stacks. Stair projection at rear. Interior: timber screen at higher end, boarded over, probably of plank and muntin type. There is said to have once been an arched doorway from hall to cross passage. Possibly inserted floor with stopped chamfer ceiling beams. Including outbuilding adjoining east with modern garage door and external stairs to loft door. Stone rubble and corrugated iron roof.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4655 - Survey of Farmsteads in the Blackdown Hills

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