Description

SOUTH PETHERTON CP
ST41NW
LOWER STRATTON
2/116 South Harp Farmhouse

19.4.61

GV II

Detached farmhouse. Possibly C16 origins, but modified. Ham stone cut and squared, ashlar dressings; thatched roof with
coped gables; one ashlar slab and 2 brick chimney stacks. 'U'-plan; 2 storeys, 4 bays. Below, hollow- chamfer mullioned
windows in chamfered recesses, with labels, internal vertical iron bars and iron-framed opening lights, of 4 lights
bays 1 and 2 and 5 lights bay 4; above are C20 timber casements: to bay 3 a 6-flush-panel door with C19 brick and
ashlar porch having thatched roof behind coped gable with obelisk finial and segmental-arched doorway with pair C20
glazed doors; set on the gable a fire insurance plaque featuring Britannia and worded "West of England/Exeter
(Company)'. C20 window in west gable, with clay tiled single-storey range extending from rear: east end has a 2-storey
extension northwards, with the roof ridge set slightly higher than main roof, with a C20 casement window and also signs
of 2 blocked openings and 2 stones from a pointed archway: the north gable of this extension is in Flemish bond
brickwork with ash1ar quoins. Interior not seen.

Listing NGR: ST4452215196

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26308762

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)