Description

ST20NE WHITESTAUNTON CP HOWLEY

7/131 Howley Farmhouse
(formerly listed as Brown's Farm
House)
4.2.58

GV II

Farmhouse. Possibly C16, ceiled C17, refenestrated early C19. Random rubble local stone, roughcast on fling, rendered
west end, thatched roof, brick stack left gable end, stone stack centre right, external roughcast stack north gable end
of wing with rebuilt brick top, Plan: open hall house facing north celled to 2-cell and cross passage, 'L'-plan
addition west end, Two storeys, 2:1:1 bays, eaves line rises over central bay, mostly early C19 leaded iron casements,
2-light over entrance 4-light to right, 3-light in gable end of wing and 3-light end biy right, ground floor 2-light
left, 5-panel door with tiff gabled porch, 4-light window right under wooden lintel with course of brickwork below,
re-entrant angle of wing with blocked door- way, blocked opening above and 3-light leaded iron casement ground floor
right, gable end unlit, C20 greenhouse in west re-entrant angle, entrance to kitchen right and another window beyond.
Interior: partially seen. Through passage with very steep winder wooden stair rising left beside entrance, shouldered
doorframe adjoining in load bearing wall, east end room with chamfered lintel to gable end fireplace, empty bay in
south-east corner; to right of through passage, former kitchen with bacon curing chamber to right of fireplace with
chamfered lintel: road beyond unseen with inserted corridor linking present featureless kitchen. Upper storey not
seen.

Listing NGR: ST2647609444

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26541575

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey