Description

SS 43 NW GEORGEHAM JONES'S HILL (west side) Croyde

6/138 Myrtle Farmhouse (Formerly listed
- as Myrtle Cottage)
25.2.65
GV II*

Farmhouse, C17 and possibly earlier parts. Stone rubble with slate roofs. Dressed
stacks at each gable end and diagonally set stack at left rear corner of cross-
wing. L-shaped plan with cross-wing projecting at left end of main range. 2
storeys. 3-window range to main range of three 3-light stone ovolo mullion
windows, 2 panes each light, over 2 similar stone mullion windows, 2 panes each
light, over 2 similar stone mullion windows with hoods. Inserted early C19 sash 8
panes over 8 panes to left. Cl7 doorway near the angle of the L with ovolo-moulded
surround with scroll-stops and original framed and ledged plank door. Stone
painted gabled porch possibly C19 with slate roof at right gable end, similarly
moulded Cl7 door frame and C20 door, walling above blind. Cross wing inner face
has horizontal sliding sash 9 panes each light over 6-paned sash. Cross-wing gable
end is blind with slate roof to small lean-to. Outshut to left side with early
plank door. Interior largely unspoilt. Fine Cl7 coved ceiling with decorated
plasterwork to upper chamber at right end of main range. Central pendant with
ribbed surround of 8 petals. 4 heartshaped enclosures point outwards with
floriated clusters at the tips, 2 to each side extending down to the coving with
acorn motifs in the centre, the other 2 with foliated clusters. Plasterwork
cornice of 2 bands with acorn motif. Plasterwork cornice with foliated design to
ground floor room at end of main range and ribbed plaster cornice to the other
principal bedrooms. Much of the internal joinery intact. Cross-wing has stopped
and chamfered fireplace lintel and beams, settle and other original fittings. No
access to roofspace but possibly 2 raised cruck trusses to the cross-wing.
Retaining garden wall of rubble stone with end pier and steps to side. The cross
wing may contain earlier fabric.

Listing NGR: SS4439539285

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17532232

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]