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Summary

Former farmhouse, remodelled in the early-mid 17th century, and again remodelled and extended in the early 19th century.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1245129: TADWORTHY HOUSE

Other References/Statuses

• Old Listed Building Ref: 468819

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.

English Heritage, 2012, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV348729.

House, formerly a farmhouse. Circa early-mid 17th century remodelling of an earlier house; remodelled and extended circa early 19th century. Rendered stone and cob. Slate roofs with gabled ends, at lower level at north end. Gable-end and front lateral stacks with set-offs.
Plan: 3-room and cross/through-passage plan [passage partitions removed]; small unheated inner room on right [south], hall with lateral stack on front and lower left [north] room remodelled as parlour in 17th century, with gable-end stack. Also in 17th century a wing was built behind the low end containing one room and stairhall.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 5/3 window west front with 12 and 16-pane sashes with slate cills; ground floor right smaller wooden mullion window to inner room. Doorway to left of centre with 20th century wooden porch and lateral stack to right of centre rising from front wall. Sash windows with glazing bars on north side. At rear [east], gabled wing on right with stack and smaller 17th century wing at centre extended in 19th century.
Interior: low left-hand room has ovolo-moulded and stopped cross-beam, scratch-moulded joists; large gable-end fireplace with ovolo-moulded stone jambs and ovolo-moulded wooden bressumer. Cross/through-passage partitions removed, but ovolo-moulded head-beams and scratch-moulded joists remain. Hall has roughly chamfered cross-beam and unchamfered joists and large lateral fireplace at front with high roughly chamfered bressumer. Solid wall between small inner room and hall. Early 19th century staircase with mahogany column newels and hand rail, stick balusters and shaped tread-ends. Central rear wing has Georgian grate in chamber fireplace and roof trusses with dovetail lapped collars. Main range has 2 trusses over passage with trenched purlins; roof over high [south] end replaced.

Sources / Further Reading

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