5 And 7 Church Street

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

SS 4836-4936 BRAUNTON CHURCH STREET (west side) Braunton

12/74 Nos 5 & 7 -

- II

2 dwellings formerly farmhouse. C17 fabric with late C18/early C19 remodelling of street gable end. Rubble and cob, stuccoed street frontage, roughcast rendering to sides. Slate roof. 3 cell plan built gable end to street with low right-angled 2 storey extension to street frontage now forming L-shaped plan. State with early brick stack set diagonally to rear left side with single cone pot and C19 brick stack on front extension with 2 cone pots. Behind to right side is large rubble lateral stack. Gable end to street has single sash 2 panes over 2 panes in upper storey and similar sash in low extension to right over pair of horizontal sliding sashes, 6 panes per light each side of low -glazed door in deep reveal. Added plank canopy attempts to keep rain out of sunk threshold. All window openings with stone sills and deep reveals. South side has C20 3- and 2-light casements.

Chamfered beams in middle room but interior much altered. The farmhouse is an example of a centrally placed former village farmstead in relation to Braunton's historic cellular town plan and surviving Great Field.

Listing NGR: SS4894836902

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1380 IOE Records taken by Robin Mellor; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Robin Mellor. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project