MSO10786 - Royal Oak Farmhouse, Winsford (Building)

Farmhouse now dwelling. C16-C17, refronted C19, porch C20. Roughcast over rubble and possibly some cob, half hipped slate roof, lateral stack north front. Plan: probably 2-cell and cross passage lying east west, refronted with 2-cell and cross passage addition at west end. Two storeys, 3 bays, 2-light many paned casements, central gabled C20 porch, C20 door, lit on left return (north front) with some earlier casements in original block at rear. [1] English Heritage Listed Building Number: 265568. First Listed on 06/04/1959. [2] L-plan. Stone, Render, roughcast and pebbledash walls. Hipped roof [3] The building was visited in March 2012 as part of the rapid condition survey of Exmoor's Listed Buildings 2012-13. It received a BAR score of 6. [4] The Royal Oak Farmhouse, is thatched and rendered and dating from the 16th-17th Century and now a dwelling. Originally of two-cell and cross-passage plan on an east-west axis, a further two-cell and cross-passage addition was added at the west end. This has half-hipped gables giving light to attic level. The tall central lateral stack to the rear of the added west frontage appears typical of the 17th Century. It was re-fronted in the 19th Century, and a gabled 20th Century porch added. [5] Winsford was designated as a conservation area in 2023. The new appraisal was produced as part of the adoption of the conservation area. [6]