Description

The following building shall be added to the list:-
WALKHAMPTON CRIPTOR
SX 57 SE
14/10000
Former Longhouse
II

Longhouse, now farmbuilding. C16 or possible C17, altered in
late C19/C20. Granite rubble; corrugated asbestos roof.
PLAN: Rectangular building built across hillslope, facing NW.
Shippon to right (lower) end, house to left with spiral stair
projection to rear. Hall stack backs onto site of through
passage.
EXTERIOR: 2-storey house end and lower, narrower shippon end.
Slit window to centre front, blocked doorway and passageway to
rear right. Gable end wall of shippon rebuilt in blockwork.
INTERIOR: C20 trusses throughout. Shippon not seen but said to
have central drain and stone bases of tethering posts to rear
wall. House has blocked fireplace with massive granite lintel,
granite upright jamb to left and granite blocks to right jamb.
Stair projection has upper blocked window and traces of stair
treads in plaster. Some cob plasterwork. Blocked first-floor
fireplace. Stack truncated at roof height.
The former longhouse is part of a small, isolated farm on the
western slopes of Dartmoor.

Listing NGR: SX5558872734

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545264

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings