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Coombe Farmhouse
Grid ref: SX 7197 8965
On walking routes: A Walk to the Hydro Turbine, Castle Drogo, Piddledown Common Walk, Castle Drogo, Teign Gorge Classic Circuit, Castle Drogo, Two Moors Way
Coombe Farmhouse is a listed building of considerable age, positioned in the Dartmoor landscape where farming has shaped the moorland for centuries. The house shows evidence of medieval or early modern construction, with alterations and extensions added over subsequent generations as families adapted the building to changing needs and circumstances.
Today the farmhouse stands as a tangible record of rural life on and around Dartmoor. Its Grade II* listing reflects the historical interest of its fabric and form. The building sits within the working countryside, part of the pattern of settlement and land use that defines this corner of the moor and its margins.
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