Description

IDDESLEIGH
SS 50 NE
4/115 North Hall Farmhouse
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- II
Farmhouse. Early C16, altered in C17 with C19 and C20 extensions. Rendered cob
walls. Hipped thatch roof. 3 brick stacks one at each gable end (the right-hand
one rendered) and one axial.
Plan; originally 3-room and through passage plan with hall at least open to the
roof with central hearth. The passage no longer exists but the lower end is
probably to the right. Insertion of the 3 stacks and flooring probably contemporary
in early-mid C17, hall stack placed at higher end of hall. C19 and C20 outshuts
added at rear. In C20 stairs inserted in probable position of passage.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4-window front of C20 casements. 2 C20 gabled
porches, one towards each end with part-glazed doors. Outshuts along rear wall.
Interior: left-hand room has substantial cross beam with narrow chamfer. Its
fireplace has ogee stopped chamfered wooden lintel. Hall fireplace has chamfered
wooden lintel with straight cut stops which rests on a curved wooden corbel at the
right-hand end, the left-hand end has been built under in brick. Fireplace to
right-hand room has chamfered wooden lintel with ogee stops.
Roof: on the first floor trusses appear to be straight principals but 2 are exposed
lower down where they crank sharply into the wall and extend down it. Over the hall
the truss, purlins and common rafters are smoke-blackened. The truss is morticed at
the apex with threaded purlins, no collar visible.

Listing NGR: SS5876708943

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26595616

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