Shircombe Farmhouse

SHIRCOMBE FARMHOUSE, HOWNEL LANE

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1057983
Date first listed:
04-Aug-1986
Statutory Address:
SHIRCOMBE FARMHOUSE, HOWNEL LANE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1057983
Date first listed:
04-Aug-1986
Statutory Address 1:
SHIRCOMBE FARMHOUSE, HOWNEL LANE

Location

Statutory Address:
SHIRCOMBE FARMHOUSE, HOWNEL LANE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Brompton Regis
National Park:
Exmoor
National Grid Reference:
SS 93557 31651

Details

SS93SW BROMPTON REGIS CP HONNEL LANE (North side)

3/32 Shircombe Farmhouse -

- II

Farmhouse. Circa 1840. Roughcast over flat bedded rubble, slate roof, overhanging eaves with sprockets on facade, shortened at rear, decorative ridge tiles with a few plain tile replacements, brick stacks gable ends and between first and second bays left. Plan: 3-cell and cross passage. Two storeys, 4 bays, 16-pane sash windows, gabled porch with 4-centered arch head opening, ribbed early C20 door inserted. It is believed that an earlier farmhouse stood to the north-west and was largely destroyed in a fire.

Listing NGR: SS9355731651

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265620
Legacy System:
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