Description

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ST 59 NE
10/207

TIDENHAM
STROAT
A48, (west side)
Stroat Farmhouse

7.8.54

II*
Farmhouse. c1600 and C19. Rendered rubble, Welsh slate roof, two large external gable stacks to right and one large gable stack, left, all with triple flues.

The main farmhouse is an L-shaped block, with return arm to the right, and principal entrance, not now used as such, at the back, in the internal corner of the L, opposite the staircase rising on the road side; a second entry on the right return, between the large stacks. A later and lower block adjoins and intercommunicates, left.

Road front is two and a half storeys, two-windowed, small C20 gabled dormers over three-light wood casements with transomes, and blank centre section of walling; at side, right, plank door in C20 glazed porch, and at back two or three-light casements, some with transom, and in a projecting full-height gabled porch a plank door with nail-heads and strap hinges in a broad moulded wood frame. The C19 block, left two storeys, two-windowed, four and three-light casement over three-light with transom, right, and blank door left.

Interior: mostly original steep A-frame roofs with high collar; tight open-well stair with heavy saddle-back handrail, square newels, some with finials, and turned ex-square balusters, approached through a contemporary haunched wood arch with dropped finial, opposite main door. Some rooms with unusually large beams with run-out chamfers, and in the passage from the side entry a large shell cupboard backing into main room (formerly perhaps a doorway); this front room over a cellar. Back room has bolection mould fireplace, and there are many broad plank doors.

Formerly a very noble property.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17537323

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)