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| HER Number: | MDV17538 |
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| Name: | Buckland Farmhouse, Dolton |
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Summary
Farmhouse dating to the 17th century but which was much altered in the 19th century.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 562 134 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS51SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Dolton |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | DOLTON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS51SE/32
- Old Listed Building Ref (II)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FARMHOUSE (Built, XVII to XIX - 1601 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Department of Environment, 1988, Dolton, 24 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV598.
Farmhouse. Early C17 with late C17 addition, major C19 remodelling and C20 addition. Rendered cob and rubble walls. Gable-ended asbestos slate roof. 3 rendered brick stacks - one at each gable-end and one axial offset from the ridge.
Plan: originally 3-room-and-through-passage plan, lower end to the right. Hall stack backs onto the passage, lower room heated by gable-end stack and inner room unheated. Later in the cC7 the house was extended by a further heated room at the higher end. In the mid C19 the house was considerably remodelled - the passage widened to form a stairhall and a further passage created along the rear leading from the hall to the left-hand end room. C20 addition built to rear of centre.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 5-window front of which the left-hand end is recessed with a C20 3-light casement. Otherwise all mid C19 3-light chamfered wooden mullion windows. C20 glazed porch to right of centre with mid C19 6-panel door behind.
Interior: former hall has plastered chamfered ceiling beams. Fireplace in left-hand end room has chamfered wooden lintel. Otherwise fairly complete C19 joinery including panelled doors and cupboards, the stairs and arches leading off the stairhall.
Ordnance Survey, 2024, Mastermap 2024 (Cartographic). SDV365834.
Buckland Farm marked.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV365834 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2024. Mastermap 2024. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #143359 ] |
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| SDV598 | List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 1988. Dolton. Historic Houses Register. A4 Spiral Bound. 24. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 3 2024 10:32AM |
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