Gatehouse to Leigh Barton Farm
GATEHOUSE TO LEIGH BARTON FARM
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1168488
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jul-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Gatehouse to Leigh Barton Farm
- Statutory Address:
- GATEHOUSE TO LEIGH BARTON FARM
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1168488
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jul-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Gatehouse to Leigh Barton Farm
- Statutory Address 1:
- GATEHOUSE TO LEIGH BARTON FARM
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- GATEHOUSE TO LEIGH BARTON FARM
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- South Hams (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Churchstow
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 72026 46727
Details
CHURCHSTOW LEIGH SX 74 NW 5/70 Gatehouse to Leigh Barton Farm GV I Gatehouse to farmhouse group. C15. Thin bedded coursed schist, slate roof. Gatehouse in two storeys, with flanking boundary walls. To the road a long section of blank wall contains pair of plank doors in pointed arch to double chamfer, flush voussoirs; centres above an upper chamber with 2-light mullion and transom window to uncusped heads in moulded stopped drip, set above a conti- nuous moulded drip course which forms the bottom members of steep weathered coping to flanking screen walls. Upper level has coped verged and stack to pyramidal capping, left. Inner front has wide round arched opening to chamfer, under 2-light cusped window with drip, as outer face, above moulded string which becomes rich moulded wide corbel course to right over a set-back section of wall; small stair light on right return. Flank walls have drip course under parapet, to right with putlog holes or rafter recesses; to left a large rubble raking buttress supports outer end, and links with North Comery Farmhouse (qv). Interior has upper chamber with fireplace and garderobe, approached by the stone spiral stair. Roof rebuilt in 1950's. AM Devon No 193. (Beric M Morley; Leigh Barton, Churchstow, S Devon; Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings, No 41, 1983).
Listing NGR: SX7202646728
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 99515
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Proceedings of Devon Archaeological Society in Proceedings of Devon Archaeological Society, Vol. 41, (1983)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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