Description

SS 90 SW THORVERTON SILVER STREET, Thorverton
8/157 Court Barton
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II
Farmhouse. Circa late C18, probably a remodelling of an earlier house, with late C19
additions.
Main range colourwashed and rendered cob on stone rubble footings ; asbestos slate
roof, formerly thatched, with sprocketted eaves; rear lateral stack, end stacks to
main range, all with brick shafts. Rear right wing red brick on local volcanic
rubble footings, red brick lean-to adjoins rear wing.
Plan and Development. Present plan is a single depth main range, 3 rooms wide with a
rear centre wing and adjoining lean-to. The main range arrangement with an entrance
to left of centre into a passage and a lateral stack heating the middle room suggests
a C17 core to the fabric but most of the interior joinery is late C18 and early C19,
including the stair in the passage. The service wing and lean-to are probably a late
C19 refashioning and extension providing 2 adjoining heated rooms at the rear.
Exterior 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4 window front with an arched plank door to left of
centre into the passage with glazed spandrels with round lights. C19 and C20
windows; 16-pane sash to left of door, 2 tripartite sashes with glazing bars and
segmental heads to right of door. 4 first floor 3-light casements, 10 panes per
light.
Interior C18 joinery in main range with doors with fielded panels; C20 grates, that
to the lateral stack said to conceal an earlier open fireplace. Stick baluster
stair. Roofspace not inspected but said to have x apex pegged trusses, probably C18.

Listing NGR: SS9281802022

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26551741

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