Description

SX 79 SW DREWSTEIGNTON

5/80 West Underdown Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. Circa 1850. Plastered stone rubble, maybe some cob; stone rubble stacks topped with plastered brick; slate roof with crested ridge tiles. Plan: double depth house facing south-east. Central entrance hall and staircase with a front and rear room either side all served by service end stacks. On the right end and set back very slightly from the front is a 2-story integral outshot. Main house is 2 storeys. Exterior: symmetrical 3-window front of the original 16-pane sashes and central doorway, still containing the original 6-panel door with an overlight including margin panes. The roof is gable-ended. The outshot has a 2-window front of C19 casements with glazing bars, the ground floor ones with iron security bars. The rear also contains similar casements and a round-headed sash to the stairs with Y- tracery glazing bars. 2 sides of the rear service courtyards are enclosed by service buildings. Interior is well-preserved and contains most of its original joinery and other details including an open string stick baluster stair with turned newel posts, mahogany handrail and curtail step.

Listing NGR: SX7054491319

External Links

• Wikidata Q26399968

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  For the Record
• 
  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
• 
  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
• 
  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
• 
  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)