Description

TALATON TALATON
SY 09 NE
6/188 Harris's Farmhouse
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GV II*

Farmhouse. Dated 1876. Local hand-made Flemish bond red brick (in fact many of the
bricks have black patches indicating how the bricks were laid in the clamp kiln);
brick stacks and chimneyshafts; thatch roof.
Plan: the layout is not clear since only the outside of the front was available for
inspection at the time of this survey. It faces south-south-west, say south and
appears to have a 3-room-and-through-passage plan. The left room is probably the
former kitchen with a projecting gable-end stack. Unheated service room (former
dairy/buttery alongside, then the passage and parlour at the right end with gable-
end stack. 2 storeys.
Exterior: is very attractive. Regular but not symmetrical 4-window front of C19
casements with glazing bars. The ground floor windows have brick arches over, the 2
left ones have low segmental arches. The passage front doorway is right of centre
and contains a C19 door. The rear wall includes a Beerstone plaque inscribed with
the date 1687 and the initials of Nicholas and Petranella Harris. Roof is gable-
ended.
Interior: was not available for inspection at the time of this survey. However it
is thought to be structurally intact but modernised in the C19. Nevertheless the
parlour fireplace is said to have a richly moulded oak lintel or mantel-shelf.
Harris Farmhouse is a very important early brick building in Devon. There are other
early brick buildings in the area, eg. The Old Manor (q.v) nearby, but they are
grander buildings probably of lower gentry status. This is the earliest dated brick
farmhouse in Devon. Furthermore it is an important component of a very good group
of listed buildings in the vicinity of the Church of St James (q.v).

Listing NGR: SY0680599772

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17546746

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)