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Summary

Ash house circa 5m east of wiston farmhouse.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS82SE/39/1
• Old Listed Building Ref (II)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ASH HOUSE (Early Medieval to XXI - 1066 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Department of Environment, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV332668.

Ash house circa 5m east of wiston farmhouse. Ash-house. Probably c18. Unrendered cob on low stone rubble plinth. Slate roof with gable ends. The ash-house is virtually square on plan, with a central doorway with timber lintel on the west side, and a low raking hole with a peaked head cut through the plinth and base of the cob at the right gable end. Single storey, but of sufficient height to carry a low loft. The ash-house is situated in the north-east corner of the orchard to the front of wiston farmhouse. The ash was stored primarily for use as a fertilizer for mangold crops for feeding sheep (doe).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV76174.

Doe/hhr:knowstone/(15/9/1987)19.

Wade-Martins, S., 2000, The Farmsteads of Devon: A Thematic Survey, 21, 25 (Monograph). SDV351739.

An unusual square, cob and stone ash house.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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