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Summary

Farmhouse dating to the late 16th or early 17th century with subsequent extensions and alterations.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1098254: ABBEY MEADOW FARMHOUSE
• Scheduled Monument 1009303: Dunkeswell Abbey

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Types: none recorded

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 2025, Mastermap 2025 (Cartographic). SDV366286.

Abbey Meadows, to the south of the church.

Historic England, 2025, National Heritage List for England 2025, 1098254 (National Heritage List for England). SDV366287.

Abbey Meadow Farmhouse. Late C16 - early C17, later C17 or C18 extension, some C19 modernisation. Local stone and flint rubble with some large Beerstone ashlar quoins; stone rubble stacks topped with C19 and C20 brick; thatch roof to the main house, slate and corrugated iron to the lean-to outshots. Plan: 3-room plan farmhouse facing west-south-west, say west. At the left (north) end there is a parlour with a gable-end stack and this part is wider than the rest of the house. Between this parlour and the kitchen is a cross passage (maybe a former through-passage.) The kitchen has an axial stack backing onto the small unheated right (south) end room which was probably a dairy or pantry. Since no proper internal inspection was available at the time of this survey it is not possible to determine the historic development of the house. Also it is clear that much of the carpentry detail is hidden by C19 and C20 brick; thatch roof to the main house, slate and corrugated iron to the lean-to outshots. Plan: 3-room plan farmhouse facing west-south-west, say west. At the left (north) end there is a parlour with a gable-end stack and this part is wider than the rest of the house. Between this parlour and the kitchen is a cross passage (maybe a former through passage). The kitchen has an axial stack backing onto the small unheated right (south) end room which was probably a dairy or pantry. Since no proper internal inspection was available at the time of this survey it is not possible to determine the historic development of the house. Also it is clear that much of the carpentry detail is hidden by C19 and C20 plaster. House is 2 storeys with secondary outshots to rear and on the left (north) end. Exterior: irregular front fenestration with 3 ground floor windows and one first floor window. These are C19 and C20 casements with glazing bars except the ground floor left one (to the dairy/pantry) which is not glazed. The oven housing projects immediately left of this window. The passage front doorway is left of centre and it contains a probably C19 studded plank door. The parlour section is a little taller than the rest and therefore the roof steps down from parlour to passage. It is hipped each end. The right (south) end is propped by a pair of large raking buttresses. At the back there are similar casements to those on the front except that one contains rectangular panes of leaded glass. Interior was not available for a full internal inspection at the time of this survey. Nevertheless it is clear that most is the result of apparently superficial C19 and C20 modernisations. Thus most of the carpentry detail on the ground floor is plastered over and both fireplaces are blocked by C19 and C20 grates. The only beam exposed is the axial beam in the parlour which is chamfered with step stops and late C16 - early Cl7 in date. The roof was not available for inspection at the time of this survey. A full internal survey should be undertaken before any major modernisation or alterations lest C16 or Cl7 features be disturbed.
Date first listed: 16th March 1988

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