Description

ASHWATER LANGAFORD
SX 49 NW
4/25 Langaford Farmhouse
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GV II
Farmhouse. C17 or earlier with a C19 wing. Cob on stone rubble footings,
whitewashed and rendered with a corrugated iron roof over thatch, gabled at ends some
slate to the roof of the C19 wing, 1 massive projecting cob stack with set-offs at
the left gable end, stone stack with a brick chimney shaft at the right gable end
brick chimney to rear wing. Probably a 2 room and through passage plan, the hall,
the larger of the 2 rooms to the left heated from the cob stack, the smaller right-
hand room may originally have been unheated. The C19 wing to the rear of the lower
end is gabled to the rear with an outshut with a catslide roof. 2 storeys.
Asymmetrical 3-window front with C20 porch on front at right. C20 casements. A
small rear projection ot the main block has a catslide roof.
Interior not inspected, said to be modernized but concealing rather than removing
early features. Langaford Farmhouse (east) is one of 3 farms sited in a small hamlet
which is similar to a Cornish townsplace. Roofspace may be of interest.

Listing NGR: SX4152799428

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398635

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