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Foxworthy Farm, c.1915

Foxworthy Farm, Ponsworthy, showing a thatched longhouse with a two-storey porch. The farmhouse was listed by Englsh Heritage (now known as Historic England) on 23 August 1955. The detailed listing says: 'Farmhouse, formerly a longhouse. C16, or possibly earlier, with C19 and C20 additions at rear; porch probably added in late C17 or early 18. ... Older house-part 3 windows wide, including porch. All windows C20, including 2 inserted in former shippon. Porch is 2-storeyed with round-arched doorway having voussoirs, well cut but of uneven sizes. Inside, an old stone-flagged floor and, on the left, a stone bench; above this a recess, possibly a blocked slit window.' DRA 3861 PW 060