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Summary

Farmhouse; possibly a former longhouse. House part appears to be early 19th century, but with a chimney that could well be 17th century; at the left-hand end is a shippon that may be the remnant of a much earlier longhouse. Granite rubble. House has slated roof, hipped at left-hand end. Shippon is covered with corrugated iron.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1260338: KINGSHEAD FARMHOUSE

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NW/316
• Old Listed Building Ref (II)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMHOUSE (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Kingshead. Field no 600 house and yard.

Beeson, M. M. R. + Masterman, M. C. H., 1979, An Archaeological Survey of Enclosed Land in Widecombe-In-The-Moor Parish, Vol II, 393 (Report - Survey). SDV337078.

(Visited 14/8/1979) The house looks as though it has been rebuilt within the last 150 years. It is too short for an original longhouse and the masonry looks relatively modern.

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

English Heritage, 2013, National Heritage List for England, 1260338 (National Heritage List for England). SDV350785.

WIDECOMBE-IN- SX 77 NW THE-MOOR 2/179 Kingshead Farmhouse -GV II
Farmhouse; possibly a former longhouse. House part appears to be early C19, but with a chimney that could well be C17; at the left-hand end is a shippon that may be the remnant of a much earlier longhouse. Granite rubble. House has slated roof, hipped at left-hand end. Shippon is covered with corrugated iron. House has a big granite ashlar chimneystack with tapered top to left of ridge, next to the hip; smaller granite ashlar stack on right-hand gable, probably C19. House has an unusual double-depth plan, the rear section under a catslide roof. To the right are 2 rooms separated by a passage which leads to a staircase at the back; main living room is to left, parlour to right. Behind them, under the catslide, is the dairy with a stream channelled through it. At the left-hand end of the house is a wide through-passage with its own large fireplace backing on to that of the main living- room; there is no sign of a doorway into the shippon, but there is a blocked borrowed light. 2 storeys; shippon is lofted. House has 4-window front; C19 wood casements with glazing-bars, except for 2 sash windows to right of second storey. The 3 right-hand bays are symmetrically arranged with centre doorway, this having a plank door with gabled wooden hood above. The left-hand bay is set some way apart, and has a doorway in ground storey; this has a plank door and granite lintel consisting of a re-used piece of stone with a large round moulding on the lower edge. Shippon is set well back. It has a doorway at right-hand end with a loft door above. In centre of ground storey is an inserted window flanked by 2 blocked ventilation slits. Both window and door have concrete lintels. At left- hand corner of upper storey, just below the eaves, is a large granite corbel. The gable-wall has a ventilation slit at the top; there never seem to have been slits at a lower level, although part of the wall is obscured by an added lean-to. At base of wall is an original, carefully constructed drain outlet. Rear of shippon has a short range of pigsties built out at right-angles; just in front of it is a circular feeding trough with a raised piece in the centre, cut from a single piece of granite. Interior of house has few features. The living-room has an old bench fixed to the wall next to the passage. The through-passage at left-hand end has an old cobbled floor with granite trough at rear; fireplace has plain granite lintel. Interior of shippon concreted to make a C20 milking parlour.
Listing NGR: SX7119777602

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

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