Description

BOW JUNCTION ROAD
55 70 NW
West Halse
2/10000
II

Farmhouse. C17 or possibly earlier. colourwashed cob with
gabled thatch roof and end and ridge stacks finished in c19 and
C20 brick. 3-room lobby-entry plan with rear right service wing.
2 storeys; 5-window range to garden front with early/mid C20
three-light casements and mid C20 door to right of centre.
Similar casements to rear. C20 lean-to porch with concrete tile
roof adjoins one-storey service wing with plank door to left.
Interior not inspected but noted as having chamfered beams to
service end and ovolo-moulded beams with bar stops to hall and
parlour; early C18 bolection-panelled doors; large early c18
classical-style fireplace in hall, with fluted pilasters,
dentilled cornice and reeded panel; rear wing has stud and panel
partition with ogee-stopped chamfers adjoining staircase with
splat-baluster to upper part. An unusual example, for Devon, of
a lobby-entrance plan.

Listing NGR: SS7305101549

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26551011

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)