No.1 New Street And Former Chapel Now Used As Store Shed Attached At South-West End

Description

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

CHULMLEIGH NEW STREET (south side), SS 6814 - 6914 Chulmleigh 7/91 No.1 New Street and former chapel now used as store shed attached at south-west end GV II Cottage with former chapel now used as store-shed attached. Early C19. Painted rendered stone rubble and possibly some cob to cottage. Slate roof with gable ends to cottage; brick stack at left gable end. Asbestos slate roof to former chapel.

Plan: Cottage of 1 room plan to left of entrance passage with winder staircase to rear left-hand corner and single-storey C20 kitchen extension to rear. Chapel extends to right, parallel with the sheet, rectangular on plan with carriageway through at right end. Floor inserted in C20.

Exterior: cottage 2 storeys with attic storey. Gabled dormer with slated cheeks, shaped bargeboards and 2 light casement, 2 panes per light. C20 3 light casement, 3 panes per light on each floor to left of plank door with 2 glazed upper panels.

Chapel has 2 large semi-circular arched windows with intersecting glazing bars, the left-hand window has had sill raised slightly when double plank doors were inserted below. Double plank doors to carriage-way entrance at right end.

Interior: cottage much altered on ground floor, fireplace rebuilt and ceiling joists mostly replaced. Winder staircase to upper and attic storey, and C19 joinery intact to these 2 floors. Chapel has had floor inserted, though it is possible that the west end originally had a gallery over the carriage entrance.

Listing NGR: SS6869614226

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0023 IOE Records taken by Ann Allen; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Dr Ann Allen. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project