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| HER Number: | MDV8007 |
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| Name: | Barn and outbuildings west of Druid House, Ashburton |
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Summary
Barn and attached outbuildings. Early 19th century. Stone rubble. Corrugated iron and asbestos roofs. U-shaped plan, with bank barn on north, lofted shippon on west, single-storeyed pigsties on east. Low wall on south.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 743 711 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Ashburton |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ASHBURTON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SW/34
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FARM BUILDING (XVIII to XIX - 1800 AD to 1815 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.
English Heritage, 2013, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV350785.
849-1/1/245 Courtyard of farm buildings about 20m W of Druid House II
Barn and attached outbuildings. Early C19 (date WFW/1815 inscribed on plaster panel in barn). Stone rubble. Corrugated iron and asbestos roofs. U-shaped plan, with bank barn on north, lofted shippon on west, single-storeyed pigsties on east. Low wall on south. Exterior: Bank barn has 4 shippon doors facing courtyard with timber lintel over narrow plank door to threshing floor above; brick pigeon-holes under eaves. Pigsties have old plank doors with strap-hinges. Shippon has timber lintels over loft and ground-floor doorways, and a row of pigeon holes under eaves. Threshing floor doorway to rear of barn has timber brackets and lintels to lean-to hood. Also to rear of barn is a 2-bay cartshed with granite orthostats to wallplate. INTERIOR: barn has plastered walls and 8-bay collar truss roof with halved and pegged apex and trenched purlins. Druid Farmhouse (not included), to which these buildings relate, lies approx 30 metres to west. A good example of a dated bank barn, with attached farmbuildings making a U-plan typical of improved layouts of the period.
Listing NGR: SX7437471126
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV350785 | National Heritage List for England: English Heritage. 2013. National Heritage List for England. Historic Houses Register. Digital. |
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| SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #106872 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV107773 | Related to: 'Druid Farm' west of Druid House, Ashburton (Building) |
| MDV118755 | Related to: Druid House Cottage, Ashburton (Building) |
| MDV23299 | Related to: Druid House, Ashburton (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 10 2017 4:11PM |
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