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| HER Number: | MDV8263 |
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| Name: | Ash House at Thorn, North Bovey |
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Summary
Ash house. Probably 18th century. Granite rubble walls with conical corbelled granite rubble roof cement rendered externally. Circular plan with doorway facing house. Forms a group with Thorn Farmhouse.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 725 853 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX78NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | North Bovey |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | NORTH BOVEY |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX78NW27
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 445536
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78NW/33/1
- Old Listed Building Ref (II): 85149
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ASH HOUSE (Constructed, XVIII - 1701 AD? (Between) to 1799 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953/1981, SX78NW27 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV305817.
Ash house at Thorn in very good repair (Worth, R. H., comment 09/12/1948).
(06/05/1953) SX 7252 8532 Built into the 1m wide bank and wall the boundary between the road and the field south of Thorn Farm. The massive walling supports a corbelled stone roof rough cast over and with slate eaves. Doorway on the north east has been renovated and the base breached and inset with bricks. Wooden door. Present use as pigsty.
(24/11/1981) An ash house, 15m. to the south of Thorn farmhouse, and situated at SX 72528532. It is circular, of rubble construction with a corbelled conical roof; the stone-work is concealed externally by cement rendering. The diameter is 3.0m. and the height of the building about 3.5m. The doorway is on the northeast side with no evidence of any hatch or 'window' opposite. (See ground photographs).
Published 1:2500 survey revised.
Harris, H., 1968, Industrial Archaeology of Dartmoor, 211 (Monograph). SDV149229.
Department of Environment, 1987, North Bovey, 154 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV348844.
(04/02/1987) Ash house. Probably 18th . Granite rubble walls with conical corbelled granite rubble roof cement rendered externally. Circular plan with doorway facing house. Forms a group with Thorn Farmhouse.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV149229 | Monograph: Harris, H.. 1968. Industrial Archaeology of Dartmoor. Industrial Archaeology of Dartmoor. A5 Hardback. 211. |
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| SDV305817 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1953/1981. SX78NW27. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV348844 | List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 1987. North Bovey. Historic Houses Register. A4 Single Sheet. 154. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV112270 | Part of: Thorn Farmstead, North Bovey (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 31 2022 11:53AM |
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