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| HER Number: | MDV123023 |
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| Name: | Thimble Hall, Hexworthy |
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Summary
Farmhouse imay date to the 17th or 18th century, if comparable with the other neighbouring dwellings at Hexworthy. Depicted on historic maps from the 1840s Tithe Map onwards, it is marked on modern maps as 'Thimble Hall'. It is a thatched building with four thatched eyebrow dormer windows on the south-western side of the roof.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 654 728 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FARMHOUSE (Constructed, XVII to XVIII - 1650 AD? to 1799 AD (Between))
Full description
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.
Dwelling is shown as an L-shaped building aligned north-west by south-east, with wing extending north-east from the south-eastern end of the house.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
The late 19th century historic map shows the house appears largely the same as previously.
Geograph, 2018, Geograph (Website). SDV361788.
Image dated 2007 included of Thimble Hall, Hexworthy. 'A thatched cottage with eyebrow windows at the heart of the hamlet on the edge of Dartmoor' http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/597207.
Ordnance Survey, 2018, MasterMap 2018 (Cartographic). SDV360652.
'Thimble Hall' is depicted on the modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. |
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| SDV360652 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2018. MasterMap 2018. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #113494 ] |
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| SDV361788 | Website: Geograph. 2018. Geograph. http://www.geograph.org.uk/. Website. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV123022 | Part of: Western farmstead at Hexworthy (Monument) |
| MDV123028 | Related to: Cart shed east of Thimble Hall, Hexworthy (Building) |
| MDV123029 | Related to: Pig house adjoining cart shed at Hexworthy (Building) |
| MDV93032 | Related to: The Old Farm House, Hexworthy (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 25 2018 1:59PM |
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