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Historic building recording at Staddon House, Walkhampton, Devon |
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Oakford Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
Staddons is an important, if unconventional, historic house within Walkhampton, its size reflecting a large and prosperous farming establishment. Although the layout of the house perpetuates that of an earlier house, which was probably first constructed as a three room and cross-passage house in the early 14th century, unusually it has a separately accessed block at the west end, consisting of a through passage below and a chamber above. The building originally had an open hall, probably separated from the passage and the inner room by low screens. The inner room seems to have been rapidly fully storeyed with a jetty projecting into the still open hall. By the late 15th or early 16th century Staddons had become a building of some pretension as is attested by the presence of an elaborately decorated late medieval fireplace in the hall. The most extensive alterations were carried out in the late 18th or early 19th century when the house, having lost its passage and service end, was subdivided into three properties. Much of the original front and rear elevations was demolished and rebuilt to provide access to the new properties. The middle and eastern dwellings were united once more in the late 19th century and despite many later alterations, the building remains substantially as it was at this time. |
Author: |
Marc F R Steinmetzer
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Publisher: |
Oakford Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Dartmoor HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2017
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Staddons |
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Devon |
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West Devon |
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WALKHAMPTON |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 253360, 69780 (Easting, Northing)
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oakforda1-276275 |
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17-03 |
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Created Date: |
25 Sep 2017 |