National Grid Reterencesx 6520 4595

Devon County Sites and Monuments RegisterParish

Ringmore

SubjectThe Barn

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The buildinq isabout twenry reei-;;;; j",:. stone house ser backseparated by ;-nioi';'J'.;.t-11?: rrom which-ir"iI^rh;;;-iJ*_"I u hiqh sroneacross ah;,::::':i'ii'"IItIiii:="fri ;";';f*;f :_extends

-il.rJi5trfrlo,olf, rf.:. :?y.tyiii, whicha.opears to'trave -;;.il";;, fItlding. This exrensiont!; uouniJ.fu"" been buill_.:, ;=i-;;;-0.r" rhanor _,.J:;:I"Hii, which conrtnr." _i.rJ,

tr," wa11Access t::"1;;;;;; i:.:f;nnix"inj".fI_an_exrernal srone."t?ircase ,pp.ui==n,l"r.-":^" .t rrst f 1oor. Thisnuiiai;;=";i,'ears to have ueen-";;;;'io trre?:. rraces oit its orisinal-.;";;;;J.iJr. rhere

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end had u""n"u-;r;;; ;r;"{"r;i: 3liI;:,13i Xa:i",of this was a large'ni"_o'or.n, with a domed roof.The bread oven probably J"t"" from before thei;i'::"g"f iI";: liilr ii"f:.;:nf;1.::.cked upThg rea r ^€ rr^^ r-- , - - ,Thg rear ^€ rr^^ _- : yvuu (jonoltlon.

sround, rr"ir.f,lli iti:'lj":i *i.if;.j.:,;:;3:3n";i":l; ;:.;.H,1 at gio,,j'*:y:r , by whichdairy. a shut" r":.",i';li::ii::il;,,::;:,:!;;"';;.stone slabs, led to the Aaiiy. _aioafr", shute, from

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Yf and Mrs J.BorneThe BarnRingmore

Reference for eachprt:ce of information

Recorder Name and address

Mrs A.C.BennettHill CottaoeR i ngmore

Date oieach entr

1986

Please return cornpleted forms to County and Mc-rnuments Regrster, CoLinty Harrffi

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r *riuala,-1,i" io",ilu" .rrnol."l to'it"l"il ti;;this lrranois l(irklrtur, wtio Sld tho }tanoi iii1769, had previously eivon td the poor oi-tl"parislr, for ever; ia:houed otl'bfuc6 lor.l tlreirtleolining yonre, closo to th{ ohtirch: ontl ,iprorrriscd to sny aornething hroro about thisthoughtful gift ro the rvor4.ffutr,rlu5ourer,l,Itshistory ir I strongo nnd, from itrry point of vierv.p cruol ono ; und I hovo oftou r!,{iet[oil that I wrsIrot llector of Ilingnrore sonro trio-rrty yeprdsooner.tlr&t I might iheve lr*il ruy a{y in,the matter.rvherr tho proposol lor jts:aliliation comu ir*]'l'hie houeo oI r.egt, it nruot.no( be ldrgotten; kisgrvon to ., the !'oor ,' ;. it was .!ot givgrr to i, trhoparislr," by wLic\ I ttroon thsJpariChlvestrV andtlrr' 'r ovel'seors " of tho poor, JNo.doubt..i[ hudcol)lo to bo usefl &s & '.' t)oor lbueo,t: but it woonothirrg of ,thii sort,'firr rllilhot: it'ruu" r.i.-I

l',;l'i:r,:Llli;,r;n;l|TH:'"h;;,'#,I','"1.riiiall, I_fenr, 'irhon qdestione.d rates .woi;-:;'lr;:cer_ne(l i nnd iir thoso deatl olcl daye, wltin menhnd uot lo&rut, becuuse they hdd not becn tnrrohr.th&-t-rrtlrero ie tro respect ol plreoue wit[ Hirir.,l&n(l iu ru out.of-tho.r1ay placef like this. the uoi,r.R'eto quite Irolpless wlron theirllittlo heritauei;*.cl&luro([ ns pariah propprty; anl; prohtr,bly eiiouslr.nono-of thern kuow, hy that ti$e., that thd troiis'6h&d been trodly giveu.to thqrd aearly a hundredyeare before, and that it.wgt_,fhgir iery owu. fdru'c8rry, too tlrat ths l)rodeBEifui; beerr-a,tn.l*lono;. tho p-oor oould aot kggpj their ,,homo,'irrrep{lr; &ud oB thsro !v&E 1t0 bne here. then. toItelp thern ond pletcl thoir.caueo. tirev .""*probn-bly,glad enough to havo the nd"urr,riv iul.idouo lor utsm by etty one who woul<l u[dortckoto do il. Alld so it oame to p&re tht! our littlo.. o,lma houeo,,, (which unhapfilly had

-ro-u"ai*lment. rvhatevs.r), .becume r reput'ed,, poor-lroue;,,ano lt8 lruo DrEtory.,wq8, psrb8pE, fOrgotton by

,.I'ho oldtook showe, Iurther, wbat the ,, parigh ,,Cxl wtth tlr€.money; aud it w&a ysry tar,- indoedrrom Derng.tne moet creditablo prrt ol the trair-ifl iJ' ii''n "#' il f :: T"lT" dl,

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i5jthey ilovotetf the gum of'It9 Pe cnlsa .: settling the ocoouur',,i iu"d'ii ti li"lgrvrng ulelnsotv€s & good ililner et tho nublillnou8o. tio t&vrsll wo.a ilrs Olpo.udituro, thnt' yrrri,thet, in alrlition to the plicha.u-*ouuv od tiiJ!T1-tJg-uso, theyheil to iraks " Chu;;i..;i"";;som,e €lp, arrrl only the mongre'bo-l-nn-J"

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ltow rnoy wero ouly brought & littlo rroarer toseilrer-1n(lor & oolnmorl roof-treo, okl jeolousiee u.irA tiiJlirt,le qrrarrels of tho pent ?o.eoitoii-;-hii'lt"'t* il;c.otrteurplntion of tho near apiir.oach'of -ilr;i;;il;iltilli;iiili',t".'.,::i,,",i:;L.tlry, j:nffi

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,rr',f ]","jtn'Il,o",l',,Hli'xi'lii'ftt"1l"ff ;,ff 't",1:probrbly, very glrd to get rid ot on.noi,m6ron"i'ou Itis osttrtor nrrtl who, epsedily, turned it into ,iilff il',x",ll'"f ti'Ji,}",,:ii.f i$i"g'fr ,#i*:.,"r["r:.|.Do ao, Ior ovor, poqB€d away from our rloor thatrvlrrolr lr&d bor:n giverr Lc tho:c, lor gvgi. bv o...,wlro romemberod tho poor, rnil wrs ooreiulio.l^romothing fo-r tlreir lreting help, before [e eolil iJii,::'i:i"1l"rj::litogo (for Bo msny oonturies) of