Description

WIDECOMBE-IN-
SX 67 SE THE-MOOR
5/196 Oldsbrim Farmhouse
15.9.81
GV II

Farmhouse, probably a former longhouse. Likely to be C17 or earlier, with extension
at lower end. Granite rubble. Half-hipped thatched roof. Granite chimneystack,
probably of C19, in centre of ridge at right-hand end of house-part. Seems to have
a 3-room and cross-passage plan with hall and inner room to left of passage and a
non-domestic room, possibly a former shippon, to right. The latter, however, is at
a considerably lower level than the passage and is divided from it at ground-storey
level by a stone wall; there was a separate external doorway originally. The added
room to right also seems to have been non-domestic; the dividing wall between the 2
rooms has been demolished. 2 storeys. The house-part has only one window at the
front, a C20 metal casement at left-hand end of ground storey; it has a plain
granite lintel. There is possibly a blocked window to right of it. Passage door
has thatched, pent-roofed stone porch. Non-domestic section to right has 3 upper-
storey windows of C20, most of the right-hand window lying within the added section.
Below the left-hand window is the former doorway, the lower part now blocked and a
C20 window inserted above. To right of this is small C20 metal-framed window with a
granite lintel. The added section has a doorway with a granite lintel. In the
gable-wall fronting road is an upper storey ventilation slit, now glazed. The
eaves-line of both non-domestic sections has been raised; it originally sloped
downhill to match the fall of the ground.
Interior not inspected, but lower end was still non-domestic at the time of
inspection, though clearly in course of conversion. A short flight of old granite
steps leads up to the doorway into the cross-passage. Roof-timbers of lower end
replaced in C20.
The shippon on the south-west side of the farmyard, together with the adjacent south
boundary wall of the latter, make a good group with the house and are separately
listed.

Listing NGR: SX6883173445

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26551324

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Recommended Books

• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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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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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments