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TALLY HO INN LITTLEHEMPSTON, SOUTH HAMS, DEVON

HISTORIC BUILDING ASSESSMENT April 2012

Tally Ho Inn, Littlehempston, South Hams: Historic Building Assessment/April 2012 1

TALLY HO INN, LITTLEHEMPSTON, SOUTH HAMS, DEVON

Report Heritage Statement

Author Josephine Brown MA MSc IHBC

Date Draft 1 30.04.2012

JOSEPHINE BROWN HERITAGE CONSULTING 4 Little Priory Offices Totnes TQ9 5NJ www.josephinebrown.co.uk


CONTENTS 1 Introduction 3

1.1 Purpose of the report 3 1.2 Scope of the report 3 1.3 Approach to the project 3

2 The site 4

2.1 Site location 4 2.2 Statutory designations 4 2.3 Historic Environment Record 4

3 Historic development 5

3.1 Introduction 5 3.2 The seventeenth century 5 3.3 The eighteenth century 6 3.4 The nineteenth century 6 3.5 The twentieth century 7

4 Fabric analysis 8

4.1 Introduction 8 4.2 Exterior 8 4.3 Interior 9

5 Summary of significance 11 5.1 Statutory 12

5.2 Archaeological 12 5.3 Historic 12

5.4 Artistic 13 5.5 Architectural 13 5.6 Conclusion 13

6 References 14

ANNEXE I Devon & Dartmoor Historic Environment Record search results 15

ANNEXE II Historic mapping 17

ANNEXE III Survey photographs 26

ANNEXE IV A reconstruction drawing of a church house 1500-1550 30


1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Purpose of the report The following Historic Building Assessment details the results of a desk-based assessment and site survey of the former Tally Ho Inn, Littlehempston, South Hams, Devon. The report has been undertaken to inform a scheme for the reuse of the building for domestic use, following the closure of the public house in 2011. The report was commissioned by Mr Philip Saint, owner of the Tally Ho Inn. The objective of the Historic Building Assessment is to establish the historic development of the site and its setting, and provide an evaluation of the significance of the building, to inform the development of an appropriate heritage-led scheme for the site. This is in accordance with the policies set out in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) with regard to ‘Conserving and enhancing the historic environment’ (NPPF, Chapter 12). Paragraph 128 of the NPPF states: In determining applications, local planning authorities should require an applicant to describe the significance of any heritage assets affected, including any contribution made by their setting. The level of detail should be proportionate to the assets’ importance and no more than is sufficient to understand the potential impact of the proposal on their significance. As a minimum the relevant historic environment record should have been consulted and the heritage assets assessed using appropriate expertise where necessary. Where a site on which development is proposed includes or has the potential to include heritage assets with archaeological interest, local planning authorities should require developers to submit an appropriate desk-based assessment and, where necessary, a field evaluation. 1.2 Scope of the report The report considers the historic development of the Tally Ho Inn and its curtilage; this is the curtilage that was represented at the sale of The Bolton Arms (the former name of the Tally Ho Inn) as part of an auction of parts of the Bolton Estate in 1920 (see Figure 6). A consideration of the wider setting of the building, both in terms of the historic context of the development of the settlement of Littlehempston, and in terms of the character of the conservation area, has been included to provide a framework for the assessment of the significance of the site in its setting. 1.3 Approach to the project This report has been carried out in accordance with English Heritage guidelines. Particular reference has been made to Understanding historic buildings: a guide to good recording practice (2006).

The principal sources of information consulted were:

Devon Record Office

Westcountry Studies Library

Sources consulted included cartographic sources, including the Littlehempston Tithe Map and the Ordnance Survey mapping. Few historic photographs of the site were identified during the desk-based research; a single image of the inn is held by the Totnes Image Bank. Reference to the Devon & Dartmoor Historic Environment Record (HER) was made to assess the archaeological potential of the site and to provide context information on the wider setting of the site.


2 THE SITE 2.1 Site location The Tally Ho Inn lies at the centre of the village of Littlehempston. Littlehempston is a dispersed rural settlement, but has a core of buildings clustered around the church (St John the Baptist). The Tally Ho Inn is situated on the east side of the short lane linking Littlehempston Bridge to the church. The building directly abuts the roadway. The curtilage of the Tally Ho Inn extends to the rear of the building, to the railway line, and is accessed via a gateway to the north of the inn. The land to the rear (east) of the building is a large roughly-made car park associated with the former public house. Immediately to the north-east of the building lies a small barn which has been converted to residential use; a building is shown on this footprint on the Tithe Map of 1838, and the building appears to date from the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. The Tally Ho Inn is owned by Mr Philip Saint. The site address is: Tally Ho Inn, Littlehempston, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6NF. 2.2 Statutory designations 2.2.1 Listed building The Tally Ho Inn is a grade II listed building. The list description is provided below.

Tally Ho Inn, Littlehempston

Grade II

Public house, formerly known as Bolton Arms. Circa C17. Coursed stone rubble. Slate roof with gabled ends. Two storeys. Three window range. C19 two and three-light casements with glazing bars. Central doorway with stopped chamfer wooden lintel and panelled door. Stone porch with lean-to slate roof. Loft doorway to right (south) with panelled door and external stone stairs. External stone chimney stack on rear wall, with set-offs. Rendered chimney stacks at gable ends. Interior: chamfered ceiling beam.

2.2.2 Conservation area The site lies within the Littlehempston Conservation Area, designated by South Hams District Council. The boundary of the conservation area is tightly drawn around a cluster of buildings located within the historic core of the village, lying to the west of the railway, and including the Tally Ho Inn, the Church of St John the Baptist, and Parkhill House. At present there is no appraisal document to set out the special interest of the conservation area. 2.3 Historic Environment Record The Devon & Dartmoor Historic Environment Record (HER) produces three results for a 250 metre radius search from the site centre. These results relate to the historic settlement of Hemsford, and two standing historic buildings, Fishacre Mill and the associated Mill Pond. The HER results are provided at Annexe I. Additional information on the archaeology of the area is found through searching the National Monuments Record (Pastscape, through the HeritageGateway). A 250 metre radius site produces one record. This relates to a Neolithic flint scatter. The Pastscape result is provided at Annexe I.


3 HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT 3.1 Introduction The manor Little Hempston, or Hempston Arundell belonged as early as the reign of Henry I to the Arundell family. In the reign of Henry III, the Arundell heiress of this branch married into the Crispin family, from whom it passed by successive female heirs to Bradstone, Strech Cheney and Willoughby. Robert Willoughby, Lord Brooke, sold it to Edmund Knolles, father of George Knolles. By the 19th century the property now belonged to the Earl of Darlington and the Earl of Sandwich as representatives off the late Duke of Bolton. 3.2 The seventeenth century The list description for the Tally Ho Inn dates the building to circa seventeenth century. An assessment of the extant fabric, discussed in detail at Section 4, finds evidence of seventeenth century fabric, but nothing earlier than this date. The desk-based assessment undertaken as part of this study finds scant documentary evidence relating to the building prior to the nineteenth century and it is therefore difficult to outline the early history of the building in any detail. Examination of the fabric of the building, and placing the building within the wider context of the village of Littlehempston, it appears that the building may have originally been constructed to serve as a church house. Certainly the positioning of the two doorways in the west elevation finds parallels with buildings of this type from the medieval and post-medieval period. A suggested reconstruction drawing of a church house circa 1500-1550 is provided at Annexe III. Church houses were constructed to serve a functional need for a building in which to carry out parish business and hold celebratory feasts, after it was thought no longer appropriate to carry out these activities in the nave of the church. Built for holding church ales and feasts in, and as a result raising funds for the church and its ornamentation, church houses were the prototype of the village hall. The pewing out of churches meant that an alternative indoor venue was needed for the whole parish to meet in. Church ales were outlawed by Edward VI in 1548, brought back by Mary, tolerated by Elizabeth and in some places continued into the seventeenth century and even up to the English Civil War which began in 1642. A switch to church rates as a means of fund raising accounts for the demise of most church ales. Alternative uses were not hard to find for church houses and many had second lives as poorhouses, schools and pubs. The large first floor room at the Tally Ho Inn, accessed via the external stairs appears to be the meeting and function room. Church houses would typically accommodate a brewhouse and bakery on the ground floor, and also often accommodated the village armoury and lock-up (see Annexe III). It is not unusual to find church houses which have retained associations with hospitality and brewing in a village and been converted into inns.1 This pattern would fit with the Tally Ho Inn. The building contains a number of features which can be used to identify church houses: churchyard or near churchyard location; outside steps and a first floor external door; fireplaces the width of the building (inglenooks for brewing). Multiple fireplaces relate to later use as poorhouses.2 It has been said that there was at one time a church house in every ancient parish in Devon and by 1961 G. W. Copeland had identified at least 64 in Devon.3 While the construction of church houses was prevalent in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, there are a few known seventeenth century examples in the county, including Chagford and Peter Tavy.4

1 Devon Buildings Group Newsletter no. 21 Summer 2003.

2 http://www.balh.co.uk (accessed 8 May 2012).

3 G.W. Copeland (1960), “The Devonshire Church House”, Transactions of the Devonshire Association, p. 119.

4 http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/church_house.htm (accessed 5 May 2012).

http://www.balh.co.uk/

http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/church_house.htm


The church house was a secular possession of the parish. It was never part of the benefice; it lay outside the jurisdiction of the church courts and tended from the sixteenth century to displace the nave of the church as the venue of most of the social activities of the parishioners. Indeed, the growing practice of using the church house rather than the church itself for parochial gatherings is part of the creeping secularisation of the parish. It was usually a substantial building, often of two storeys and comparable with the home of a well-to-do yeoman. It was often found just outside the consecrated ground of the churchyard. A number of church houses have survived little altered in the south-western counties, where. it has been claimed, they were of greater social importance in an area of scattered settlement.5 3.3 The eighteenth century As noted at Section 3.2, no pre-nineteenth century documentary material relating directly to the building now known as the Tally Ho Inn was discovered during the desk-based research for this assessment. The historic development of the building in the eighteenth century can only be considered based on the interpretation of the extant fabric provided at Section 4. Certain documents relating to the Manor of Hempston Arundell in the eighteenth century are held at the Dorset History Centre (Dorset History Centre D/MAP/214-221). These records were not consulted as part of the desk-based assessment. Reference to the catalogue did not reveal any records relating directly to the property which is the subject of this assessment, however for the purposes of further research avenues consultation of this archive could reveal some useful context information. 3.4 The nineteenth century The Littlehempston Tithe Map 1838 includes a building on the site of the Tally Ho Inn, on the plot number 392. The Apportionment cites plot 392 as Home orchard. The landowner is given as the Earl of Darlington and the Countess of Sandwich, and the occupier as Henry Jervis. The building had become a public house by… The census of 1841 records Mrs Margaret Evans as the innkeeper at the Bolton Arms. Mrs Evans was still the innkeeper in 1951, but the 1861 census records the innkeeper as Miss Ann Palk. The 1871 census records the innkeeper as Mr Harry Palk, Ann’s brother who had been living at the public house in 1861 but whose occupation was then given as yeoman. The censuses of 1881, 1891 and 1901 record the innkeeper as Mr George Field. The Ordnance Survey map of 1889 shows how dramatically the rural setting of the building had been altered by the construction of the railway line through the centre of the village. By this date the building was in use as a public house, the Bolton Arms. The land to the east of the public house appears to have been subdivided into a number of smaller plots, one of which contained a small detached building, that which was subsequently connected to main building via a link structure (Ordnance Survey 1906). The west elevation of the building is shown with two small projecting features, one of which appears to relate to the existing external steps. The census and historical directories provide evidence as to the occupants of the inn in the nineteenth century. The 1851 census reveals that Margaret Evans was a widow, working as an inn keeper, and living at the inn with three of her children. By 1878-9 George Field, carpenter & victualler, was at the Bolton Arms.6 Field was still at the Bolton Arms in 1893.7

5 N. J. G. Pounds (2000), A History of the English Parish, p.166.

6 White’s Directory (1878-9), p. 526.

7 Kelly’s Directory (1893), p. 265.


3.5 The twentieth century The early twentieth century occupants of the Bolton Arms are recorded as George Field in 19028, and by 1914 it was Mary Ann Bovey (Mrs)9, who was still the occupant in 1919.10 The 1906 Ordnance Survey shows further change on land to the east of the public house, with an extended group of outbuildings at the northern end of the site. It appears that the land to the east of the public house was in single ownership, and extending to the south of the existing site boundary. The principal public house building had been extended with small additions at the north and south ends of the linear structure. Reference to the sale catalogue held at Plymouth and West Devon Record Office11 provides evidence of the layout of the public house in 1920. The Bolton Arms comprised Lot 5 in a sale of part of the Bolton Estate in the parishes of Littlehempston and Totnes. The property was described as follows:

The Free and Fully-Licensed Premises KNOWN AS

THE BOLTON ARMS Situated in the Centre of the Village of Littlehempston,

Containing:- Two Kitchens, two Bars, Sitting Room, two Bedrooms, Large Club Room 17ft. 6in. by 17ft. by 8ft. 6in. Cellar and Outbuildings comprising:- Three-stall Stable, Trap and Coal Houses, three-

sty Pighouse, Garden and Small Piece adjoining, two W.C.’s and let to Mrs Spratt on a Yearly (Michaelmas) Tenancy, at the Annual Rental of £12.

The Workshop referred to the Schedule is in hand and included in this Lot at an estimated rental of £3. The 1932-33 Ordnance Survey shows relatively little change from the 1906 map. The only change in the built footprint of the building is the loss of one of the two small structures on the west elevation of the public house, the structure no longer in existence at this date is that in the position of the external steps. A structure on the footprint of the existing external steps is shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1954. The 1954 map shows that what is understood to have been a small projecting porch on the west elevation had been removed. The public house was still known as the Bolton Arms at this date. In 1955 the innkeeper was Mr C E Farmer12, and it was he who changed the name of the public house to the Tally Ho Inn; the name change had taken place by 195713. By 1960 the innkeeper was Mr A Dunton.14




11 Plymouth and West Devon Record Office 1096/155 1920

12 Telephone Directory (1955), p. 87.




4 FABRIC ANALYSIS 4.1 Introduction While documentary evidence related to the early history of the Tally Ho Inn (Bolton Arms Public House) is scarse, the fabric evidence enables a fuller understanding of the historic development of the building and points toward the apparent early use of the building as a church house. 4.2 Exterior 4.2.1 West elevation The west elevation of the Tally Ho Inn faces the public thoroughfare; there are no pavements through the village and so the building directly abuts the roadway. The building is a low two-storeys, and comprises a long linear façade of five irregular bays. From north to south (left to right), the bays contain: bay 1 has a casement window at ground and first floor level; bay 2 has a casement window at ground floor; bay 3 contains an entrance within a wide porch; bay 4 contains a casement window at first floor level; and bay 5 contains an entrance at first floor level accessed via an external staircase. The two projecting elements on the elevation, the porch and the external staircase, are shown on some of the cartographic sources discussed at Section 3. The staircase appears to be shown on the Tithe Map, and the porch is shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1889. The Ordnance Survey mapping appears to suggest that the staircase was removed at some date after 1906 and by 1933, and that it had been rebuilt by 1954. This staircase provides good evidence of an early function of this building as a church house, with a principal meeting room at first floor level. The elevation is constructed from squared coursed rubble stone. There is minimal scarring to the stonework to suggest alterations to the building. A vertical joint in the stonework at the south end of the elevation indicates the two phases of building with a mid-nineteenth century lean-to extension. There is an area of patching to the stonework in bay 2 but the cause of this is not clear. The building has variously been extended at the north end (discussed at 4.2.3), but the strong vertical joint to indicate the core of the historic building is still legible against what is now a stone boundary wall against the courtyard entrance. The fenestration joinery is relatively modern, contained within historic openings. Windows in bay 1 and bay 2 are of two-by-three panes, while the window in bay 4 is of three-by-three panes and set immediately beneath the eaves. The building is set beneath a steep pitched roof. Large chimneystacks rise through the gable ends; the stack at the south end is the more substantial of the two. A further stack rises up the west elevation (discussed at 4.2.2). 4.2.2 East elevation The east elevation is constructed of random rubble stone, and appears to have been subject to a higher degree of modification than the east elevation. The elevation is dominated by the large external chimney stack. The stack has been modified and an additional depth of stack applied to the earlier vertical. To the north of the stack the elevation comprises a single storey porch extension, dating from the second half of the twentieth century. There is a casement window at first floor level. At the junction of the west elevation and the north gable wall, projecting stubs of stonework provide evidence of a former structure extending to the north of the existing built footprint. The stonework of this structure was integrated into the masonry of the east elevation; there is no clear vertical joint between two phases of building.


The elevation to the south (left) of the external stack is comprised of two wide bays expressed as casement windows at first floor level. The ground floor level is concealed by a later lean-to extension; the extension was erected in the later twentieth century to contain a kitchen area. Also attached to the west elevation is the single storey range projecting at right angles. This core of this range dates from the mid-nineteenth century, postdating the Tithe Map but visible on the Ordnance Survey map of 1889; the structure was originally detached from the public house, but had been linked by 1905.The range is constructed of random rubble stone. The roof contains a large modern box dormer window. 4.2.3 North elevation As discussed above the north elevation has been variously extended, on at least two separate occasions. The existing footprint relates to the pre-nineteenth century built form. Ordnance Survey mapping indicates that the building had been extended by 1889, and again by 1905; the extension shown on the 1905 Ordnance Survey map had been removed by the 1930s. The ground level of the gable wall is of exposed rubble stone, while the upper level is rendered, suggesting that the extensions were single storey structures. A window opening has been created in the gable end, the cast concrete cill suggests that the window was inserted in the late twentieth century. 4.2.4 South elevation Cartographic evidence provides a date for the two-storey lean to extension on the south gable wall, as erected at some date between 1839 and 1889. The rubble stone extension is largely rendered, as is the remainder of the gable. The structure contains a window at first floor level. 4.3 Interior 4.3.1 Ground floor The ground floor of the building is predominantly a single large room contained within the pre-nineteenth century footprint of the building. The large room contains three fireplaces, each relating to one of the three stacks. Many of the historic finishes of the room no longer survive, such as a plaster finish to the walls or historic joinery, and this makes the phased development of the spaces harder to interpret. The fireplace in the north gable wall is a small opening set beneath a relieving arch which suggests a nineteenth century date of modification. The fireplace in the east elevation, is positioned at the north end of the room, and is a large opening set beneath a heavy timber lintel. To the right hand side of the fireplace is a small niche in the wall, this niche may have provided a sheltered ledge in which to situate a candle. Further to the right of this niche, and now concealed behind the bar, is a large square opening in the wall. Although this is positioned slightly further away from the fireplace than is typically found, the opening is indicative of a former spice cupboard. As the name implies, the cupboards were used for storing spices and sometimes salt, which needed to be kept dry. There examples in Devon buildings of these cupboards being used to store the bible. Spice cupboards were a common feature of seventeenth century buildings, although they did continue into the eighteenth century, and as such provides a useful dating reference for this part of the building. The fireplace at the south end of the room is a large opening set beneath what appears to be an original timber lintel. The fireplace has been built up to accommodate a later fire. The timber lintel displays no evidence of decorative carving to assist in dating the feature, however, there may be a slight increase in height at the centre of what is otherwise an almost flat lintel with a slight chamfer to the edge; the lintel finds parallels with later seventeenth century examples.


The entrance into the building in the west elevation contains an early timber door, subsequently modified. The door is hung on wrought iron strap hinges; these hinges are of a type typical to the mid-seventeenth century, with a slight taper to the hinge and the tip of the hinge folded back on itself. In a rural area such as Littlehempston, fashions in hinges would be slower to develop and as such this style could have continued through to the early eighteenth century. At the south end of the room a door opening has been created through a former external wall. This opening presumably dates from the nineteenth century and is contemporary with the construction of the mid-nineteenth lean-to extension against the south gable wall. The staircase to the first floor is contained within this extension. 4.3.2 First floor The staircase between ground and first floor is located at the south end of the building. A landing lobby is lit by a window in the south wall. A doorway opening created through a former external wall leads through into a large first floor room which extends the full width of the building. The doorway is positioned within a larger opening comparable to a large window opening; it is possible that this phase of nineteenth work took advantage of a previously created opening in the thick external wall. The large chimney stack characterises the south wall of this first floor room, although the wall is plastered over making it impossible to interpret any historic fireplace. The external door in the west elevation enters this room. Around the east and part of the north wall of this large room, is a wide ledge suggesting a change in wall thicknesses, and possibly a divide between two halves of the building. Moving north through the building, a short corridor contains access to a suite of first floor rooms, together with a doorway leading to the attic staircase. The doorway to the attic is a vertical plan door. The door displays three different styles of hinges, and these appear to have been variously added to provide additional support as opposed to indicating a repositioning of the door. The round end strap hinges date from the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century, while the butterfly hinges date from the early to mid-eighteenth century. The door is constructed of relatively few wide planks, indicating an early date contemporary with the hinges. The evidence of this door suggests that the building contained some accommodation in the attic in the seventeenth or early eighteenth century. 4.3.3 Attic There is only a single room in the attic, and this is lit by a modern box dormer window. There is limited access to the remainder of the roof space. A hatch in the north wall of the room appears to be cut through a historic lathe and plaster wall.


5 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANCE The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) defines significance (for heritage policy) as: The value of a heritage asset to this and future generations because of its heritage interest. That interest may be archaeological, architectural, artistic or historic. Significance derives not only from a heritage asset’s physical presence, but also from its setting (NPPF Annexe 2: Glossary p. 51). Additional guidance on assessing the significance of heritage assets is provided in Conservation Principles (English Heritage), which provides a framework of four values which contribute to significance: evidential value; historical value; aesthetic value; and communal value. Conservation Principles also provides a framework for assessing significance, to the structure provided below:

Understand the fabric and evolution of the place

Identify who values the place and why they do so

Relate identified heritage values to the fabric of the place

Consider the relative importance of those identified values

Consider the contribution of associated objects and collections

Consider the contribution made by setting and context

Compare the place with other places sharing similar values

Articulate the significance of the place (Conservation Principles pp. 35-42) The discussion of the historic development and extant fabric of the Tally Ho Inn has been presented to provide an informed understanding of the significance of the building in the categories outlined in the NPPF. Various hierarchies to ‘measure’ the comparative significance of each value set have been utilised in recent years. They all have strengths and weaknesses, given the inevitablity that such comparisons will always be somewhat subjective in their nature – especially when attempting to predict what future generations will find of value. The levels of significance used in this heritage assessment are:

Universal – assets or features of significance to humanity as a whole (in other words, World Heritage) ‐ by their very nature, these are extremely rare;

Exceptional – assets or features of some international significance, or which contain elements of a heritage value that extends beyond national boundaries or is of the highest national importance;

Considerable – assets or features of general national significance (which might be reflected in statutory designations such as Scheduled Ancient Monument) or of the very highest regional interest;

Moderate – assets or features of general regional significance – these might be regionally important either individually or for their group value (for example, a group of castles with characteristics particular to their region) – or those of high sub‐regional or local interest ‐ for instance, historic buildings recognised on a local (non‐statutory) list of importance or a group of buildings that contributes significantly to the local streetscape or urban grain;

Low – assets or features of some local significance and interest;

Slight – assets or features of quite limited local interest;

None – assets or features that have no discernible heritage value to society (although they may exhibit other values and be of functional use or other interest to society and individuals).

Based on the scale provided above, it is evident that the Tally Ho Inn is of considerable significance, as recognised by the statutory designation on the site (listed building). The further statutory designation, the Littlehempston Conservation Area, indicates that the immediate setting of the building is also of considerable significance. For the purposes of understanding the significance of


the building and its setting as part of the process of developing informed proposals for the reuse of the building it is necessary to examine in further detail the reasons (values) that contribute to this significance. The following categories highlight the main areas of significance, as per the NPPF glossary definition, with the addition of a consideration of the statutory designations. 5.1 Statutory The Tally Ho Inn is a grade II listed building. Littlehempston is a small and historic settlement and a number of the other buildings in the village are also listed. A search of The National Heritage List for England produces 18 entries for listed buildings; of these 18 entries, there are two grade I listed heritage assets, two grade II* listed heritage assets, and 14 grade II listed heritage assets. Of these listed buildings, a number of the structures were constructed in a similar period to the Tally Ho Inn: the cottage adjoining the Old Manor (C17/C18); Post Cottage (C16/remodelled C17); April Cottage and barn (C17); Orchard Lea (C17 wing); Gatcombe Mill (C17/C18); Hampstead Manor (C17 wing); and Ivy Cottage (C17/C18). It appears that the building was one of a number of buildings erected in the village in the seventeenth century, a period when some of the existing larger houses were also extended with new wings and ranges. The wider setting of the Tally Ho Inn is of recognised significance having been designated as a conservation area by South Hams District Council. At present there is no document to set out the special architectural and historic interest of the conservation area, but it is clear that the Tally Ho Inn is one of the key historic buildings at the core of the conservation area on the direct approach to the church. With regard to its statutory designation as a listed building the Tally Ho Inn is of considerable significance. 5.2 Archaeological There are no archaeological monuments or find spots associated with the Tally Ho Inn, nor within its immediate setting, as per the information contained within the HER. Based on available evidence, the Tally Ho Inn and its immediate setting are not of archaeological significance. 5.3 Architectural The Tally Ho Inn provides an example of a seventeenth century rural domestic building. The building has undergone a number of phases of historic development and change, perhaps most noticeably through the twentieth century as is often found with buildings such as public houses which are subject to regular upgrading works. The exterior of the building is still highly legible as a seventeenth century structure, and the building makes an important contribution to the historic character of the centre of the village. While the building has been remodelled internally, apparently through the removal / repositioning of internal walls, and the removal of historic features such as joinery, there is still sufficient fabric evidence to provide an insight into the building as it was constructed in the seventeenth century. The building contains a number of features which suggest that it was constructed as a church house; the external flight of steps on the west elevation is a distinctive feature of the first floor meeting room found in the typical church house layout. The likelihood of the Tally Ho Inn being a church house, as continued by its function as an inn, places the building within a recognised thematic group of buildings at both a regional and national level. As such the building has moderate – considerable architectural significance, despite the loss of a high degree of fabric internally.


5.4 Artistic The Tally Ho Inn is not considered to have any artistic significance. 5.5 Historic The historic significance of the Tally Ho Inn is closely connected with its architectural significance as described above. The building dates from the seventeenth century, and appears to have been constructed to serve as a church house. As such the building has been at the centre of village life in Littlehempston for approximately 350 years. It has been said that there was at one time a church house in every ancient parish in Devon and by 1961 G. W. Copeland had identified at least 64 in Devon,15 and a number more have been identified since. As a seventeenth century church house the Tally Ho Inn finds parallel with relatively few examples from this period; the height of building of these functional structures was in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The Littlehempston church house must have been one of the last examples of this building type constructed in Devon. The building is of moderate historic significance. 5.6 Conclusion With regard to its statutory designation as a listed building the Tally Ho Inn is of considerable significance. An assessment of the values which contribute to this significance finds that the architectural and historic aspects of the building make the greatest contribution to its special interest. Dating from the seventeenth century, the Tally Ho Inn sits within a small group of buildings constructed in this period in the village of Littlehempston; the seventeenth century saw a period of growth and prosperity in the settlement, with new houses being built, and some of the larger houses extensively extended. Evidence suggests that the building was erected as a church house, a common building type in many Devon parishes, although many have been substantially altered or lost. The building lies at the centre of the village, close to the church, and it also has landscape and group value, in this regard. The Tally Ho Inn can be considered to be a significant building within the Littlehempston Conservation Area in this regard. In terms of both its age, and functional uses, the Tally Ho Inn has played a central role in the life of the village for approximately 350 years.

15

G.W. Copeland (1960), “The Devonshire Church House”, Transactions of the Devonshire Association, p. 119.


6 REFERENCES Published resources G.W. Copeland (1960), “The Devonshire Church House”, Transactions of the Devonshire Association. Devon Buildings Group Newsletter no. 21 (Summer 2003). Kelly’s Directory (1893, 1897, 1902, 1914, 1919)

N. J. G. Pounds (2000), A History of the English Parish. Online resources http://www.balh.co.uk (accessed 8 May 2012). http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/church_house.htm (accessed 5 May 2012).

http://www.balh.co.uk/

http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/church_house.htm


ANNEXE I DEVON & DARTMOOR HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT RECORD SEARCH RESULTS Historic Environment Record

Monument ID 19772 Monument Type MILL Name Fishacre Mill Short Description Fishacre Mill shown on 19th century map to the east of Am Brook with a mill leat to the north Class INDUSTRIAL Status Grid reference SX8167363982 Broad Period Modern Period XIX Evidence Documentary Evidence (Cartographic) Sources and further reading Report - Interim: Bodman, M. 2003. : Watermills and Other Water-Powered Sites in Devon. 71. Report - Assessment: Cotswold Archaeology 2001. Cotswold Archaeology Report: Fishacre to Lyneham Natural Gas Pipeline: Cultural Heritage Assessment: Volume 1:Text. 01084: 28. Report - Assessment: Cotswold Archaeology 2001. Cotswold Archaeology Report: Fishacre to Lyneham Natural Gas Pipeline: Cultural Heritage Assessment: Volume 2: Constraints Maps. 01084: Report - Survey: Cotswold Archaeology 2001. Cotswold Archaeology Report: Fishacre to Lyneham Natural Gas Pipeline: Archaeological Fieldwalking and Field Reconnaissance Survey: Preliminary Summary. 1224: Report - non-specific: Bodman, M. 1998. : Water-Powered Sites in Devon. 9. Cartographic: Ordnance Survey 1963. Ordnance Survey 6 inch map: SX86SW. Cartographic: Ordnance Survey 1907. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch Map: 115SW.

Monument ID 49138 Monument Type MILL POND Name Fishacre Mill, Pond and Leat Short Description Mill pond and mill leat serving Fishacre Mill shown on 19th and early 20th century maps Class INDUSTRIAL Status Grid reference SX8184064274 Broad Period Modern Period XIX Evidence Sources and further reading Cartographic: Ordnance Survey 1963. Ordnance Survey 6 inch map: SX86SW. Cartographic: Ordnance Survey 1907. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch Map: 115SW.

Monument ID 17758 Monument Type SETTLEMENT Name Hemsford Short Description Hemsford shown as a small hamlet on 19th and 20th century maps Class DOMESTIC Status Grid reference SX8154963984 Broad Period Post Medieval


Period Modern Evidence Sources and further reading Report - Assessment: Cotswold Archaeology 2001. Cotswold Archaeology Report: Fishacre to Lyneham Natural Gas Pipeline: Cultural Heritage Assessment: Volume 1:Text. 01084: 23. Report - Assessment: Cotswold Archaeology 2001. Cotswold Archaeology Report: Fishacre to Lyneham Natural Gas Pipeline: Cultural Heritage Assessment: Volume 2: Constraints Maps. 01084: Report - Survey: Cotswold Archaeology 2001. Cotswold Archaeology Report: Fishacre to Lyneham Natural Gas Pipeline: Archaeological Fieldwalking and Field Reconnaissance Survey: Preliminary Summary. 1224: Report - Assessment: Weddell, P. J. + Turton, S. D. 1993. Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Report: Archaeological Assessment of SWW Littlehempston to Roundways Water Main. 93.05: 3. Article in Serial: Evans, H. R. 1958. Transactions of the Devonshire Association: Broadhempston. 90: 63.

Pastscape

County: Devon District: SOUTH HAMS Parish: STOKENHAM Monument Number: ( SX 83 NW 13 ) NEOLITHIC FLINT SCATTER - Neolithic flint scatter Sources General Reference Pearce S M 1978 Devon in Prehistory. Exeter Museum 23 (No. 10) General Reference Fitzgerald R J 09-Jan-1992 RCHME Recording


ANNEXE II HISTORIC MAPPING


Figure: 1 Map: (not to scale: illustrative only)

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Figure: 3 Map: Tithe Map 1838 (not to scale: illustrative only)



Figure 4: Map: Ordnance Survey 1889

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Figure 6: Map: Sale Catalogue 1920 (not to scale: illustrative only)



Figure 7: Map: Ordnance Survey 1932-33








ANNEXE III SITE SURVEY PHOTOGRAPHS

Plate 1: The north gable end of the Tally Ho Inn shows evidence of scarring where a single storey extension has been removed.

Plate 2: The west elevation of the building reveals a distinction between two separate parts of the building.


Plate3: The south gable end of the building.

Plate 4: A small barn lies to the north of the Tally Ho Inn.


Plate 5: The east elevation of the building viewed from the existing car park.

Plate 6: A small outbuilding is attached to the east elevation.


Plate 7: The north gable wall shows evidence of a former single-storey extension.


ANNEXE IV A RECONSTRUCTION DRAWING OF A CHURCH HOUSE 1500-1550

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