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Summary

Part of a complex of buildings at Yardworthy Farm. A former three-roomed longhouse, set at a right angle to the contours, is located on the N side of the yard below the cowshed (A). Traces of a fireplace adjoin the surviving cross-passage wall and the upper, domestic, end is subdivided by a short stub wall. The chamfering on some of the timbers indicates a 16th century date. A single room extension has been added to the W end of the building.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NE35
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443583
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/33/5

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LONGHOUSE (Constructed, XV to XVI - 1500 AD (Between) to 1599 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(09/05/1990) Centred SX 6790 8514. Buildings at the former hamlet of Yardworthy, now Yardworthy Farm.
Buildinng C: SX 6788 8516 A former three-roomed longhouse, set at a right angle to the contours, is located on the N side of the yard below the cowshed (A). Traces of a fireplace adjoin the surviving cross-passage wall and the upper, domestic, end is subdivided by a short stub wall. The chamfering on some of the timbers indicates a 16th century date. A single room extension has been added to the W end of the building.

Cherry, B. + Pevsner, N., 1989, The Buildings of England: Devon, 251 (Monograph). SDV325629.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8656 - Yadworthy Farm, Duchy Farms Survey

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