Description

WIDECOMBE-IN- WIDECOMBE-IN-
SX 77 NW THE-MOOR THE-MOOR
2/264 The Old Inn
23.8.55

GV II

Public house. C16 or C17, with C18 or C19 wings added at the front. Granite
rubble. Slated roof. Main range has 2 old chimneystacks on ridge, that on the
right rendered and with stone weatherings; rendered stack on left gable. Right
wing has an old rendered stack on the rear of the ridge; it is in fact a former
front lateral stack serving the end room of the main range. There is a C19 stone
stack on the front gable of the wing, and a small C20 rendered stack at the south-
east corner. Left wing has a rendered stack on the left side-wall. U-shaped plan,
the main range at the base of the U having apparently a 4-room plan, of which the 2
centre rooms have been continued into 1. 2 storeys, except for a single-storey
addition against the inner face of the right wing. Centre of main range is 3
windows wide. Windows all have C20 wood casements, except for a C19 casement in the
upper storey of the inner face of the left wing; latter has a late C19 sash window
in the upper storey of the gable. Against the gable-wall of the right wing is a
flight of stone steps leading to a doorway in the upper storey.
Interior only partly inspected. Right-hand ground-storey room has a stone-flagged
floor and chamfered upper-floor beam. Large fireplace has plain jambs of dressed
granite blocks; chamfered wood lintel with straight-cut stop at left-hand end, but
overrunning the jamb on the right. The combined centre rooms have a fireplace with
granite jambs in the right-hand end wall; chamfered wood lintel with step-stops,
oven in the back.

Listing NGR: SX7179076781

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26535349

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)