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Summary

Ruined longhouse described at time of listing (1987) as being in ruins at the higher end. Roofless except for the shippon and porch which are clad in corrugated iron. In 1944 the house was completely gutted by fire and abandoned.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1097190: FORMER LONGHOUSE AT BEETOR FARM APPROXIMATELY 50 METRES WEST OF BEETOR FARMHOUSE
• SHINE: Building remains of longhouse and associated structures including bee boles at Medieval farmstead, Beetor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78SW/98/1
• Old Listed Building Ref (II): 85113

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LONGHOUSE (Constructed, XV to World War II - 1500 AD (Between) to 1944 AD (Between))

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

Shown on the Tithe Map.

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

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

Unknown, 1944, Newspaper article (Article in Serial). SDV363557.

Wednesday 01 November 1944. A fire at Beetor Farm completely gutted the farmhouse, which could not be saved. Water to fight the fire had to be brought from the Bovey Brook a quarter of a mile away. The fire did not spread to the farm outbuildings however. Article mentions how the farm was temporarily sheltering Plymouth evacuees.

Department of Environment, 1987, North Bovey (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV348844.

(04/02/1987) Former longhouse at Beetor Farm approximately 50m west of Beetor Farmhouse. Disused longhouse, the higher end in ruins. Probably 16th century with 17th and 18th century alterations and additions. Entirely built of granite; the original longhouse was built of granite ashlar, so is the higher side of the porch but the later additions and rear wall of the shippon are granite rubble. Roofless except for the shippon and porch which are clad in corrugated iron. The original plan was a longhouse with the shippon to the right and the hall and large inner room to the left. In circa 1946 the higher end of the house was gutted by fire and abandoned but the porch retains its original 17th century roof, while the shippon with its 20th century roof remains in use as a farm building. See doe list for full details.

Thorp, J., 1989, Beetor Farm, North Bovey (K336) (Plan - measured). SDV365940.

Plan and elevation drawings of the ruined building produced in October 1989 at a scale of 1:50.

Ordnance Survey, 2018, MasterMap 2018 (Cartographic). SDV360652.

Building still depicted on the modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV9032 - Beetor Farm, North Bovey - survey of farm buildings (Ref: K336)

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