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Summary

Farmhouse which appears to have originated as an open hall house in the 15th century. It was extensively refurbished in the mid-late 17th century when a first floor was inserted and a service wing added. Further refurbishment took place in the late 19th-early 20th century.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1170889: CUDDENHAY FARMHOUSE

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMHOUSE (Built, XV to Late 20th Century - 1401 AD (Between) to 2000 AD (Between))

Full description

Cox, J. + Thorp, J. R. L., 2020, Cuddenhay, East Worlington (Report - Survey). SDV363881.

The farmhouse is L-shaped with the main range orientated east-west facing south and a rear service block projecting north at the west end. It is built of cob on rubble stone footings and originally had a thatched roof which was replaced with corrugated iron in the mid 20th century.
The main range has a two room and cross passage plan with a large kitchen at the east end with a fireplace with a projecting gable-end stack. To the west of the cross passage is a parlour/dining room with a fireplace at the west end. The service wing has two unheated rooms at ground level, the southern one now used as a kitchen.
The farmhouse appears to have originated as an open hall house in the second half of the 15th century as evidenced by reused smoke-blackened medieval roof timbers in the roof the main block. The house was refurbished in the mid-late 17th century at which time the rear service block was added and the kitchen and hall/parlour were floored over. The parlour is considered to be a good example of its type with richly moulded ceiling beams.
The house was extensively refurbished in the late 19th-early 20th century at which time the rear of the cross passage was widened to accommodate a new stair. A service stair was also inserted in the present kitchen. The layout of the present first floor is largely a product of this refurbishment.
The farmhouse is considered to be significant as a historic mid Devon farmhouse with a long and complex structural history, retaining 17th century fabric which provides information on the former layout of the building. The 17th century rebuilding is described as an experimental layout considered noteworthy in such a relatively small vernacular farmhouse, built at a time when houses were evolving from their late medieval form into the form of a more modern house.
See report for full details.

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

An L-shaped house with two ranges of buildings adjoining.

Historic England, 2025, National Heritage List for England 2025, 1170889 (National Heritage List for England). SDV366287.

Cuddenhay Farmhouse. Mid or late C17. Rubble and cob, rough-plastered and colourwashed, gabled corrugated iron sheeting roof, gable end stacks with tall rubble shafts. Plan: symmetrical front, 2-room plan with wide passage to centre with staircase at the back; kitchen running the full depth of the house to the right; shallower parlour to left with dairy at rear, dairy reached from kitchen by a short passage, behind the central staircase, part of dairy projects in a shallow wing at rear; both kitchen and parlour heated by gable stacks. Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical, 3 windows, 2-light mid C19 casements with close- set glazing bars. Central door opening into the entrance passage, plank door, C19 porch. Dairy wing with a 4-light C17 wooden mullioned window on first floor. Interior with kitchen with chamfered cross ceiling beam full depth of house with ogee-stops; similar half-beam to gable wall; large fireplace with wooden bressumer and mantleshelf, opening blocked; passage with a repositioned late C19 staircase at back, C18 2-panelled doors. Parlour with a double ovolo-moulded ceiling beam, ogee- stops; similar half-beam to the gable wall, fireplace with dressed stone jambs and a single ovolo-moulded wooden bressumer. Dairy with axial chamfered ceiling beam with stops. Roof: not inspected. This is a most interesting and unusual C17 transitional plan.
Date first listed: 14th October 1987

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV9199 - Historic and archaeological assessment of Cuddenhay Farm

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