Description

ST13NW CROWCOMBE CP HEDDON OAK

10/68 Quarkhill Farmhouse

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Farmhouse. Late C15, altered C16, extensively altered and enlarged late C20. Red sandstone random rubble, Westmorland
green slate, circular stack third bay left. Plan: open hall house ceiled, enlarged to "L"-plan late C20. Original block
2 storeys, 8 bays; all windows late C20 2- and 3-light wooden casement windows under wooden lintels, ground floor
semicircular, flat roofed bow window, metal glazing bars, penultimate bay right. Interior: extensively modernised:
steeply chamfered beams and thin, chamfered beams either side of blocked cross passage in sitting room containing
screen at East, 2 centred arch doorway and one massive stud, bressumer and empty panels. Stud has medieval painting
thought to depict the Trinity. 5 pairs of jointed crucks collar trusses with purlins, set above and below. C20 exterior
contains very interesting late medieval house. (VAG Reports, unpublished SRO, May 1973 and January 1974).

Listing NGR: ST1172837249

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26469153

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)