Description

SS 70 NE
5/124

MORCHARD BISHOP
Slade Farmhouse

GV
II

Farmhouse. Late C17-early C18. Plastered cob on rubble footings; cob or rubble stacks all topped with C20 brick; corrugated asbestos roof (formerly thatch). 3-room-and-cross-passage plan house facing south with service room at right (east) end. C19 stair occupies rear of passage. End stack to inner room, rear lateral stack to hall and massive projecting rear lateral stack to service room. C19 outshots with lofts to rear of hall and inner room. Two storeys. Regular five window front of late C19 and C20 casements, most with glazing bars and some are C20 iron-frames casements. Late C19 six-panel front door.

Interior is largely result of C19 modernisations but original layout is intact and late C17-early C18 features such as fireplaces are hidden. Some late C17-early C18 doorframes - oak frames with bead-moulded surround and applied small ogee architrave. Late C17-early C18 roof of oak A-frames with pegged lap-jointed collars.

Listing NGR: SS7613105380

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26554135

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)