Description

TORQUAY

SX9166 FORE STREET, Barton
885-1/8/323 (East side)
20/11/52 No.15
(Formerly Listed as:
FORE STREET, Barton
No.15
Pavor Farmhouse)

GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Late C17. Plastered mass walls; thatched
roof, replaced with corrugated asbestos to rear of ridge;
stacks with rendered shafts, left end stack projecting.
PLAN: Single-depth, 3-room plan, higher end to the right,
entrance faces stair. Rear left outshut.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 6-window front. Entrance to
left of centre with a fine moulded timber C17 doorframe, plank
door with strap hinges and probably original overlight.
Windows small 2-light casements with galzing bars. C20 glazed
door onto small section of C20 verandah across front.
INTERIOR: Centre room has a boxed-in cross beam. Right-hand
room (divided into 2) has a chamfered axial beam with runout
stops. First floor preserves a 2-panel door. Other features
likely to be concealed behind modern plaster. Roof: Feet of of
principal rafters visible upstairs are straight, apex of roof
not seen on survey.
A handsome late C17 farmhouse, now in a suburban setting.

Listing NGR: SX9170966551

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503825

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)