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Summary

Farmhouse of local hand-made Flemish bond red brick with brick stacks and chimneyshafts and a thatched roof. The rear wall includes a Beerstone plaque inscribed with the date 1687 and the initials of Nicholas and Petranella Harris.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II*) 1098111: HARRIS'S FARMHOUSE
• SHINE: Traditional 19th century farm buildings adjacent to listed farmhouse at Harris Farm

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY09NE/171
• Old Listed Building Ref (II*)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMHOUSE (XVII to XIX - 1601 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

NMR, CITING DOE, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV127448.

Harris's farmhouse.1876.(sic). The rear wall contains a plaque dated 1687. Grade ii* (nmr, citing doe).

NMR, CITING CHERRY + PEVSNER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV127449.

Harris's farm has a late 17c brick front (nmr, citing cherry + pevsner).

NMR, CITING FITZGERALD, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV127450.

(it appears that 1876 is a misprint for 1687 in doe).(nmr, citing fitzgerald).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV127451.

Nmr=sy09ne38.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV127452.

Doe/hhr:talaton/().

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV127453.

Cherry, b. + pevsner, n. /the buildings of england: devon/(1989)778.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV127454.

Fitzgerald, r. J. /(2/1/1992)/rchme recording.

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

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

Farmhouse. Dated 1876. Local hand-made Flemish bond red brick (in fact many of the bricks have black patches indicating how the bricks were laid in the clamp kiln); brick stacks and chimneyshafts; thatch roof. Plan: the layout is not clear since only the outside of the front was available for inspection at the time of this survey. It faces south-south-west, say south and appears to have a 3-room-and-through-passage plan. The left room is probably the former kitchen with a projecting gable-end stack. Unheated service room (former dairy/buttery alongside, then the passage and parlour at the right end with gable- end stack. 2 storeys. Exterior: is very attractive. Regular but not symmetrical 4-window front of C19 casements with glazing bars. The ground floor windows have brick arches over, the 2 left ones have low segmental arches. The passage front doorway is right of centre and contains a C19 door. The rear wall includes a Beerstone plaque inscribed with the date 1687 and the initials of Nicholas and Petranella Harris. Roof is gable- ended. Interior: was not available for inspection at the time of this survey. However it is thought to be structurally intact but modernised in the C19. Nevertheless the parlour fireplace is said to have a richly moulded oak lintel or mantel-shelf. Harris Farmhouse is a very important early brick building in Devon. There are other early brick buildings in the area, eg. The Old Manor (q.v) nearby, but they are grander buildings probably of lower gentry status. This is the earliest dated brick farmhouse in Devon. Furthermore it is an important component of a very good group of listed buildings in the vicinity of the Church of St James (q.v).

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Associated Events: none recorded

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