Description

LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH

SS74SW STOCK ROAD, Lynton
858-1/3/46 (South side)
03/09/73 South Furzehill Farmhouse
(Formerly Listed as:
LYNTON
FURZEHILL
Former South Furzehill Farmhouse and
remains of Chapel to north)

GV II

Farmhouse, used as holiday accommodation. C16 or C17,
substantial later modifications, including added late C20 bay.
Rubble, one gable rendered, slate roof. A long single depth
range, stepped up at the left (E) end. A long single-depth
continuous ridge, and unusual layout, with 2 large lateral
eaves stacks on the entrance (N) side.
2 storeys. The entrance front has a large garage opening to
concrete lintel to the left, then 2 separate but joined
outshuts under swept down roofs; that to the left with plank
door and a large rectangular opening, and to the right a
2-plank door set in reveals. Above this door is a small
casement set in to the roof as a reversed dormer. The main
wall has 2 small casements to the ground floor. The right
gable, part of the C20 extension, has a gable casement above a
wide steel casement.
The rear wall includes 2 half-dormers with gables over, and
casements at the ground and first floors, including 2 with
rough drip-courses, and a small light similar to fire-bay or
staircase light; there are 2 lean-to buttresses, and far right
the house is linked by a covered passage to the new farmhouse
(not included).
INTERIOR: the main parlour has a large lateral fireplace at
one end, with 2 bread ovens, and new bressumer, the floor is
in stone flags and on the far wall a lateral timber staircase
is enclosed by C19 panelling, with a plank door. This space
has a very low ceiling, but with C20 joists. To the right,
down one step, is the late C20 kitchen addition. To the left
the remainder of the ground floor is closed off to the large
garage space. Upstairs there are various thin C19 or earlier
plank doors, and over the stair is an exposed rough principal,
no longer supporting the roof, which appears to have been
rebuilt, but there are early purlins at the upper end.
An interesting early building, so much altered as to be
difficult to interpret. That there was an early manor farm
here is attested by the presence of the chapel (qv) which lies
to the N, and the external form of the farmhouse suggests the
possibility of C16 provenance, although no other detail
remains from this period.
(Chanter JF: History of the Parishes of Lynton and
Countisbury: Exeter: 1907-).

Listing NGR: SS7268944868

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26578779

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)