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Summary

Outbuilding, formerly a small domestic building. Late C16 or C17 with added lean- tos. Granite rubble. Roof covered with corrugated iron. This could well have originated as a detached kitchen, and as such is a rare survival.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1241703: OUTBUILDING ABOUT 3 METRES NORTH WEST OF GREAT DUNSTONE FARMHOUSE

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• OUTBUILDING (XVI to XVII - 1550 AD (Between) to 1699 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.

English Heritage, 2013, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV350785.

Outbuilding about 3 metres north-west of Great Dunstone Farmhouse. Outbuilding, formerly a small domestic building. Late C16 or C17 with added lean- tos. Granite rubble. Roof covered with corrugated iron. 2-room plan. 1 storey with loft. Plank doors with old wrought-iron strap-hinges. At rear right-hand corner a rounded projection, probably a chimneystack. Stone staircase against left- hand gable-wall. Interior: has 2 chamfered upper-floor beams with step-stops at right-hand end. In right-hand gable-wall is a blocked fireplace with curved wooden lintel, possibly chamfered. In the rear wall, butting against one side of this fireplace, is an oven with round-headed, stone-framed opening; the opening is recessed slightly, and there is a flue above the space left in front of it. The left-hand room formerly contained a staircase (information from the owner). C19 roof timbers. This could well have originated as a detached kitchen, and as such is a rare survival.
Date: 1986
Listing NGR: SX7147175597

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV1246 - Widecombe parish Survey

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