Description

SS84SE LUCCOMBE CP
CLOUTSHAM

5/41 Cloutsham Farmhouse

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- II

Farmhouse. Probably C17 on site of earlier dwelling, enlargement dated 1869, partly rebuilt after fire in 1916. Red
sandstone random rubble, plain clay tiles, stone stacks. L-plan. Original farmhouse rebuilt after fire lying roughly
east-west with large C19 extension on South front in Swiss chalet style. South front: gable end, wooden gallery at
first floor under lower roof, segmental shingled gable end on columns, pierced lattice flat balusters, curved brackets,
large canted bay window ground floor, C20 window above; to left set back from house wing with gabled block in junction,
evidence of lateral stack and perhaps stair projection but much altered. Right return, 3 first floor gabled dormers,
ground floor 4-light ogee headed window with date stone 1869 set below, entrance north-east corner, C20 door. The farm
was enlarged by Sir Thomas Dyke Acland and is frequently mentioned in the literature on stag hunting on Exmoor.
(Chadwick Healey, The History of Part of West Somerset, 1901; Turner, Exmoor Village, 1947).

Listing NGR: SS8927243125

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26629317

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990