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Ley Farmhouse

Devon

Ley Farmhouse is a listed building of significant historical interest, graded II* by Historic England. Its name and form suggest a working farm of considerable age, probably with medieval roots, though the building as it stands today likely incorporates later phases of construction and alteration. Such farmhouses are characteristic of Dartmoor's pattern of settlement, where hardy communities worked the moorland margins and valley floors.

The farmhouse survives as a physical reminder of how people have lived and worked on and around Dartmoor over centuries. For walkers and those interested in the moor's history, it represents the ordinary resilience of rural Devon architecture. The setting and structure reward slow looking and observation of the landscape in which it stands.

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Photo: Roger Cornfoot (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Wikimedia Commons

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