Description

ST EVAN ARDENSAWAH
SW 32 SE
7/183 Former house and adjoining farm
- buildings immediately north of
Ardensawah Farmhouse
GV II
Former house and adjoining farm buildings. C17, remodelled and extended in the C19.
Granite rubble with granite dressings. Scantle slate and dry Delabole slate roofs
with gable ends.
Plan: Large irregular plan. Main (SW-NE) range has former probably 3-room or longer
(now 1 room) house on the right; a barn in the middle with central threshing floor
approached by stone steps at rear; a lower probably shippon remodelled from possibly
approached by on the left, returning with a short cartshed wing in front at far
left; a single-storey probably shippon in front of this wing and another single
storey wing behind an outshut behind the right-hand side of the barn and a single-
storey stables at right angles in front of the C17 former house. The rear wall of
the house continues across the back of the barn and is probably of the same build as
the building left of the barn.
Exterior: Mostly 2 storeys. Virtually unaltered elevations with mostly C19 openings
but some C17 and C18 openings and some reused C17 masonry to some of the C19
openings. South east front of principal range has central mostly C19 barn flanked by
probably C17 building on the left (heightened and remodelled in the C19) and C17
former house on the right. The house has 4 altered doorways to the ground floor and
old (probably C18) window opening (with C19 shutters) over the left of middle doorway
and another similar but blocked opening over the left-hand doorway. At the right
hand end of the house (at front and rear) are 2 granite kneeler stones with scrolled
ends reset so that they project at the end. Rear of the house has C17 chamfered
doorway in situ (towards the right) and a C17 mid-floor (possibly former stair)
window on its right. Barn has unaltered symmetrical 2 window front with central
doorway and loading doorway over.
Building on the left has 2 chamfered jambstones to lower part of its front doorway
and a chamfered lintel. Rear wall is buttressed and has a doorway with reused
chamfered lintel.
Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SW3716623073

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26598442

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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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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair