Listed Building: YEALSCOMBE (1057318)

Grade II
Authority Historic England
Volume/Map/Item 1076, 12, 2
Date assigned 06 April 1959
Date last amended
Date revoked
SS83NW EXFORD CP - 12/2 Yealscombe 6.4.59 II - Farahouse. C17, agricultural addition converted to dwelling late C19. Slobbered rubble, roughcast possibly over cob in extension, half-hipped thatched roof, asbestos slate at rear, large stone stack left at junction with addition and above entrance. Plan: lobby entry, 4-cell with agricultural addition left, now all one set into hillside. One and a half storeys with single storey addition, 5-bay main block, mainly C20 casements, eyebrow dormers, ground floor windows under wooden lintels, 3-light leaded iron casements to right of C20 stable type door, slate roofed pentice porch; addition left, plank door right of gabled slate roofed projection, 2 and 4-light casements flanking thatched hexagonal bay with Gothic tracery and carved cornice inscribed: 'WO East and West Home is Best EO'. Right return, circular pier abutting entrance in rear addition. Interior not seen, said to contain chamfered wooden lintel to hall fireplace with scroll stops; slate slabs on floor, roughly finished timber work. (VAG Report, unpublished SRO, July 1979). Listing NGR: SS8394639085

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Grid reference Centred SS 83939 39083 (32m by 14m)
Map sheet SS83NW
Civil Parish EXFORD, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

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