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Bearscombe Farmhouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Buckland-Tout-Saints, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.289 / 50°17'20"N

Longitude: -3.7514 / 3°45'5"W

OS Eastings: 275328

OS Northings: 44691

OS Grid: SX753446

Mapcode National: GBR QJ.J7Z7

Mapcode Global: FRA 3818.DBG

Plus Code: 9C2R76QX+HC

Entry Name: Bearscombe Farmhouse

Listing Date: 26 January 1967

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1249635

English Heritage Legacy ID: 431841

ID on this website: 101249635

Location: South Hams, Devon, TQ7

County: Devon

District: South Hams

Civil Parish: Buckland-Tout-Saints

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Charleton with Buckland-Tout-Saints

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description


BUCKLAND-TOUT-SAINTS BEARSCOMBE
SX 74 SE
8/44 Bearscombe Farmhouse
26.1.67
GV II
Large farmhouse on site of mansion. C17, C18, C19. Thin-bedded coursed rubble,
C19 wing rendered, slate roofs, some brick in stacks. A cross-passage plan with
2-storey porch towards left end; the kitchen wing rebuilt with a large 3-storey
block at right angles, forward, and some additions at back of long arm. Cellar
under right end. Main wing, front, is 1:1:3 windows; to left of porch a 12-pane
sash at each level, porch has 16-pane sash in simple architrave surround to
cornice, above an opening to pointed segmental arch with voussoirs and edge
mould on responds coursed with stonework, inner plank door. To right a series
of paired 12-pane sashes to wood mullion, wider at ground floor, and in dressed
stone surrounds as porch window; at ground floor, centre, a 6-panel door to flat
roofed portico on slender columns. Ridge stacks left, to right of cross
passage, and to right gable. Right gable end has large opening to cellar. Back
has a gablet, left, over paired 4-pane sashes in brick jambs, then a large
projecting gabled wing with small gable light and a square bay to plate-glass
sashes; eaves stack to left. The wing, of 1870 has various 4-pane sashes; the
outer face drops to give a third storey, includes slightly peaked heads to door
and window, has eaves stack on each side, and a doorway on the south front, at
courtyard level. Interior: cross-passage has slate floor; parlour to right has
two chamfered beams, good shutters and panelling below window, Victorian fire-
place on heavy consoles. Opposite the right-hand entrance door is a stick
staircase to open well with returned landing, swept handrail; arch between lobby
and well. Room added at back, beyond thick outer wall of original house has
moulded cornice. Interior has been mainly redecorated in Victorian times,
probably when the kitchen wing was rebuilt. A former owner was John Mark, who
published an Agricultural Dictionary in 3 volumes in 1794.


Listing NGR: SX7532844691

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