TALLY HO INN - The Tally Ho, Littlehempston

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TALLY HO INN
LITTLEHEMPSTON, SOUTH HAMS, DEVON
HISTORIC BUILDING ASSESSMENT
April 2012
TALLY HO INN, LITTLEHEMPSTON, SOUTH HAMS, DEVON
Report
Author
Date
Heritage Statement
Josephine Brown MA MSc IHBC
Draft 1 30.04.2012
JOSEPHINE BROWN HERITAGE CONSULTING
4 Little Priory Offices
Totnes TQ9 5NJ
www.josephinebrown.co.uk
Tally Ho Inn, Littlehempston, South Hams: Historic Building Assessment/April 2012
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CONTENTS
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Introduction
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1.1
1.2
1.3
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Purpose of the report
Scope of the report
Approach to the project
The site
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2.1
2.2
2.3
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Site location
Statutory designations
Historic Environment Record
Historic development
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3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
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Introduction
The seventeenth century
The eighteenth century
The nineteenth century
The twentieth century
Fabric analysis
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4.1
4.2
4.3
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Introduction
Exterior
Interior
Summary of significance
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5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
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Statutory
Archaeological
Historic
Artistic
Architectural
Conclusion
References
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ANNEXE I
Devon & Dartmoor Historic Environment Record search results
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ANNEXE II
Historic mapping
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ANNEXE III
Survey photographs
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ANNEXE IV
A reconstruction drawing of a church house 1500-1550
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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 deskbased 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.
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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
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.
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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.
http://www.balh.co.uk (accessed 8 May 2012).
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G.W. Copeland (1960), “The Devonshire Church House”, Transactions of the Devonshire Association, p. 119.
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http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/church_house.htm (accessed 5 May 2012).
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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
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N. J. G. Pounds (2000), A History of the English Parish, p.166.
White’s Directory (1878-9), p. 526.
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Kelly’s Directory (1893), p. 265.
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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, threesty 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
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Plymouth and West Devon Record Office 1096/155 1920
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Telephone Directory (1955), p. 87.
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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.
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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 prenineteenth 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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
13
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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).
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ANNEXE I
DEVON & DARTMOOR HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT RECORD SEARCH RESULTS
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.
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
Broad Period Modern
Period XIX
Evidence
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
Broad Period Post Medieval
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Period Modern
Evidence
Lyneham Natural Gas Pipeline: Cultural Heritage Assessment: Volume 1:Text. 01084: 23.
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
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ANNEXE II
HISTORIC MAPPING
17
Figure: 1
Project: Tally Ho Inn,
Littlehempston / Historic
Building Assessment
Map:
(not to scale: illustrative only)
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Figure: 2
Building Assessment
Map:
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Figure: 3
Building Assessment
Map: Tithe Map 1838
20
Figure 4:
Building Assessment
Map: Ordnance Survey 1889
21
Figure 5:
Building Assessment
22
Figure 6:
Building Assessment
Map: Sale Catalogue 1920
23
Figure 7:
Building Assessment
Map: Ordnance Survey 1932-33
24
Figure 8:
Building Assessment
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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.
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Plate3: The south gable end of the building.
Plate 4: A small barn lies to the north of the Tally Ho Inn.
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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.
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Plate 7: The north gable wall shows evidence of a former single-storey extension.
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ANNEXE IV
A RECONSTRUCTION DRAWING OF A CHURCH HOUSE 1500-1550
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TALLY HO INN - The Tally Ho, Littlehempston

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