Description

BRADNINCH
SS 90 SE
7/5 Combe Farmhouse and adjacent
- farmbuildings to rear
- II
Farmhouse, stable and barn. C17 house with later alterations and additions, the
farmbuildings C19. Cob and stone mix, with some brick, plastered, the house with
gabled-end slate roof, the farmbuilding range under hipped pantiled roof. House
formerly a 3-room, through-passage plan, with lower-end cross wing (to right-hand
end). 2 external rear lateral stacks heat Hall and lower-end; stacks at junction
of cross wing with main range, and another towards left-hand end of main range,
emerging from front face of roof : all with brick shafts. 2 storeys throughout.
Front: 4-window range, all casement windows, C19, of 3 lights, some having lost
their glazing bars. 2 doorways, the right-hand one giving into former passage. In
the angle formed by the front cross wing and the main range is a newel-stair turret
under a slated pentice roof, with small 2-light windows. 2 C20 2-light casement
windows to front of wing; C20 windows to right-hand end.
Rear: very large service-end external lateral stack, 2 set-offs, and separately
gabled; Hall stack with 2 set-offs; a single and 2-light window above a C20 lean-
to. Farmbuilding immediately to rear, now a stable, formerly a linhay, with late-
C19 openings.
Interior: considerably altered, but retaining chamfered, stopped beams, and an
unadorned fireplace. Roof not inspected, but no principals are visible in upper
rooms.

Listing NGR: SS9862803496

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399869

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