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1444

General Information

  • Registration number
    1444
  • Date constructed
    1800s-I
  • Century constructed
    1801-1900
  • Evidence proof date
    N/A
  • Evidence proof use
    N/A
  • Listed building grade
    II
  • Condition
    4

Address

  • Address
    Edginswell Farm [original address]
  • Village or town
    Torquay
  • County
    Devon
  • Traditional County (pre 1974)
    Devon
  • Region
    England

Premises

  • Accessible
    Private
  • Location on Premises
    Outbuilding wall
  • Direction faced
    SE

Structure Information

  • Structure
    B: Bee bole(s)
  • External recesses
    4
  • Internal recesses
    N/A
  • Compartments
    N/A
  • Flight holes
    N/A
  • Front shape
    Arch: Domed
  • Back shape
    Rounded?
  • Recess size
    est.12-14x14x?
  • House building shape
    N/A
  • External structure
    N/A
  • Distance apart
    est.14
  • Rows
    N/A
  • Shelves
    N/A
  • Height bases shelves
    est.13-15ft
  • Wall material
    Cob
  • Base shelf material
    N/A
  • Lintel material
    N/A
  • Roof material
    N/A

Photography Information

  • Date of photograph
    2012
  • Pictures available
    G: Digital only

Notes

  • NMR reports: at front of shippon/cider house, "row of 4 depressions in cob at loft level may have been bee holes"; barn originally thatched (now corrugated iron); 2007: barns for sale; 2009: probably bee boles, 2 of which are hidden by ivy; outbuildings now adjoin Edginswell Business Park development site; 2012: ivy has been removed and 4 recesses visible
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