PITSON FARMHOUSE


Description:  Former farmhouse built in the late 15th-early 16th century, thoroughly refurbished and enlarged in the early 17th century and altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. Built of plastered cob on stone rubble footings with a thatched roof. The building is L-shaped in plan, with the main block facing east-north-east. This block has a three room cross passage plan with the inner room at the southern end. To the rear of the inner room is a parlour block projecting at right angles. Originallly the main block contined beyon the service end kitchen as a barn, but this part has been demolished. The main block is of two storeys and there is an outshot to the rear of the service end kitchen.

Country:  ENGLAND

County:  DEVON

District:  EAST DEVON

Parish:  OTTERTON

Grid Reference:   SY0885

Map Reference:  [EPSG:27700] 308000, 85000

Period:  MEDIEVAL, MODERN, POST MEDIEVAL, 1467 - 1532, 1600 - 1632, 1800 - 1899, 1900 - 1987

Subject:  BARN, CROSS PASSAGE HOUSE, DEMOLISHED BUILDING, EXTANT BUILDING, FARMHOUSE, HOUSE

Identifiers: 
[ADS] Depositor Id: SY 08 NE 82
[ADS] Import RCN: NMR_NATINV-1312234

People Involved: 
[Publisher] Historic England