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Gatehouse to Leigh Barton Farm

A Grade I Listed Building in Churchstow, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.3066 / 50°18'23"N

Longitude: -3.7985 / 3°47'54"W

OS Eastings: 272026

OS Northings: 46728

OS Grid: SX720467

Mapcode National: GBR QG.31YK

Mapcode Global: FRA 28Y7.00N

Plus Code: 9C2R8642+JJ

Entry Name: Gatehouse to Leigh Barton Farm

Listing Date: 28 July 1989

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1168488

English Heritage Legacy ID: 99515

ID on this website: 101168488

Location: Sorley, South Hams, Devon, TQ7

County: Devon

District: South Hams

Civil Parish: Churchstow

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Churchstow St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description


CHURCHSTOW LEIGH
SX 74 NW
5/70
Gatehouse to Leigh Barton
Farm
GV I
Gatehouse to farmhouse group. C15. Thin bedded coursed schist, slate roof.
Gatehouse in two storeys, with flanking boundary walls. To the road a long
section of blank wall contains pair of plank doors in pointed arch to double
chamfer, flush voussoirs; centres above an upper chamber with 2-light mullion
and transom window to uncusped heads in moulded stopped drip, set above a conti-
nuous moulded drip course which forms the bottom members of steep weathered
coping to flanking screen walls. Upper level has coped verged and stack to
pyramidal capping, left. Inner front has wide round arched opening to chamfer,
under 2-light cusped window with drip, as outer face, above moulded string
which becomes rich moulded wide corbel course to right over a set-back section
of wall; small stair light on right return. Flank walls have drip course under
parapet, to right with putlog holes or rafter recesses; to left a large rubble
raking buttress supports outer end, and links with North Comery Farmhouse (qv).
Interior has upper chamber with fireplace and garderobe, approached by the stone
spiral stair. Roof rebuilt in 1950's. AM Devon No 193.
(Beric M Morley; Leigh Barton, Churchstow, S Devon; Devon Archaeological
Society Proceedings, No 41, 1983).


Listing NGR: SX7202646728

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