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HER Number:MDV43711
Name:FARMHOUSE in the Parish of Broad Clyst

Summary

Higher willyards farmhouse.

Location

Grid Reference:SY 017 977
Map Sheet:SY09NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishBroad Clyst
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishBROADCLYST

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SY09NW/49
  • Old Listed Building Ref (II)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FARMHOUSE (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Department of Environment, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV335117.

Higher willyards farmhouse. Circa 1500 with later modifications. Cob, stone plinth, gable-end slate roof. Originally a 3-room cross passage plan. Two storeys. Hall fireplace, large side-oven. One deeply chamfered beam. Roof: 3 jointed crucks above hall, chamfered, morticed and side-pegged at apex. Smoke blackened. Further information in doe listing (doe).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV96653.

Doe/hhr:broadclyst(20/5/1985)11.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV96654.

Des=gover, j. E. B. + mawer, a. + stenton, f. M. /the place-names of devon/(1931)575.


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

’higher willyards’ is mentioned as ‘la wildeyerde’ in 1238, ‘la willeherd’ in 1249 and ‘willeurd’ in 1330 (gover et al).

Sources / Further Reading

SDV1312Monograph: Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M.. 1931. The Place-Names of Devon: Part One. The Place-Names of Devon: Part One. VIII. A5 Hardback.
SDV335117Migrated Record: Department of Environment.
SDV96653Migrated Record:
SDV96654Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Sep 30 2015 5:07PM