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Summary

Higher crownley. House built of cob in early 17th century. It is of two storeys and three cells with a through-passage behind the stack of the central hall. This room has mouldings to the beams and joists, and a moulded frame to the doorway which formerly led to the stairs in a projecting turret. The stairs have been turned and now rise from the inner room. Few other details remain, but the room beyond the passage shows no evidence of having been a byre (mercer,e).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX87NW/129

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMHOUSE (Early Medieval to XXI - 1066 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Mercer, E., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV240482.

Higher crownley. House built of cob in early 17th century. It is of two storeys and three cells with a through-passage behind the stack of the central hall. This room has mouldings to the beams and joists, and a moulded frame to the doorway which formerly led to the stairs in a projecting turret. The stairs have been turned and now rise from the inner room. Few other details remain, but the room beyond the passage shows no evidence of having been a byre (mercer,e).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV294011.

Mercer, e. /english vernacular houses(rchm)/(1975)148.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV294012.

Gover, j. E. B. + mawer, a. + stenton, f. M. /the place-names of devon/(1931)467.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV294013.

Osa=sx87nw31.

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One (Monograph). SDV1312.

Crownley is documented in 1281,1330,1399,1596 and 1722 (mawer et al).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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