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Lower Merripit Farmhouse
Devon
Lower Merripit Farmhouse stands as a substantial listed building on Dartmoor's margins, its structure reflecting centuries of moorland farming life. The house carries the hallmarks of medieval origin, though it has been altered and extended through successive generations. As a Grade II* listed building, it represents the kind of modest but enduring domestic architecture that has anchored farming communities across the moor.
Today the farmhouse sits within its landscape much as it would have for hundreds of years, a working reminder of how people have lived and worked on and around Dartmoor. Walkers and visitors exploring this part of Devon will find it a tangible link to the area's agricultural heritage, though as a private residence it is best appreciated from a distance or as part of wider moorland walks in the locality.
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