MDE11687 - Rowbarrow Farm (Monument)

Summary

A now deserted farmstead was listed under "Rowbarrow" as "house and offices" in the Lynton Tithe Apportionment of 1840, and depicted as a building surrounded by gardens & small enclosed fields.

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Type and Period (1)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

SS 73488 45825. On the 1840 Tithe Map [1] an unnamed building is shown on the north side of a short length of enclosed trackway leading up from Hoaroak Water. (The extension of this trackway 'Lyncombe Lane' was not in existance at that time.) This building is listed in the apportionment [2] under "Rowbarrow" as "house and offices" owned by John Heal. It is surrounded by a group of small enclosed gardens and fields. On the 1888 OS map the building, plus a smaller outbuilding on the south side of the trackway (which by then had become extended into Lyncombe Lane) is shown and annotated "Robarrow" but is unroofed [2]. This evidence suggests that the settlement, probably a small farmstead, was already out of use by 1888. [3] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [4]

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1>XY Map: 1840. Lynton and Lynmouth Parish Tithe Map and Apportionment. [Mapped features: #40151 Extent of farmland, ; #44570 Extent of main farmstead, ]
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1868-1901. County Series; 1st Edition 25 Inch Map. 1:2500. 1888, Devon Sheet 7(2).
  • <3> Unpublished document: Sainsbury, I.S.S. Field Investigators Comments. RCHME Field Investigation, 22 June 1994.
  • <4> Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 926086, Extant 14 December 2021.

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Other Statuses/References

  • Devon SMR Monument ID: 53775
  • Devon SMR: SS74NW/219
  • Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MDE21519
  • Local List Status (Unassessed)
  • National Monuments Record reference: SS 74 NW37
  • National Park
  • NRHE HOB UID (Pastscape): 926086

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SS 7348 4577 (267m by 273m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SS74NW
Civil Parish LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH, NORTH DEVON, DEVON

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Record last edited

Dec 14 2021 4:11PM

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