Description

SX 87 NW BOVEY TRACEY FORDER LANE

5/67 Forder Farmhouse
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23.8.55
GV II

Ruined farmhouse. Late C17 or C17; possibly medieval basically. Cob and stone,
with occasional brick dressings added in late C19. Roof almost completely collapsed
but a small section of wheatreed thatch remains. Old chimneystack in left-hand
gable, overgrown with creeper. Large stone stack with thatch weatherings and C19
red brick shaft (heating former hall) off-centre to left, aligned with the original
ridge. 3-room and through-passage plan with long unheated room, without internal
communication to the house, at lower end. 2-storeys originally, but only the odd
floor-beam still in position. Windows on road frontage, as far as they survive,
have C19 wood casements. Late C16 or early C17 wood doorframe and door to through-
passage survive; frame is ovolo-moulded with cranked head, plank door with wrought-
iron strap-hinges. Rear door identical, except that frame has a plain chamfer.
Remains of plank-and-muntin screens on both sides of through-passage. The back of
hall stack towards passage is of large granite ashlar blocks, but without plinth or
cornice. Hall has at least one chamfered ceiling-beam. Fireplace has chamfered
wood lintel with well-cut relieving arch over. In upper gable, in room over
parlour, the moulded granite jambs of a former fireplace. 2 side-pegged jointed-
cruck trusses survive, one each side of hall stack; these have straight collars,
butt purlins, and a ridge that seems to be original. Over the passage the remaining
piece of thatch and the common rafters on which it rests, appear to be smoke-
blackened. Formerly listed as having a 'spiral staircase leading from kitchen on
outer wall.'

Listing NGR: SX8007479991

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26603387

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)