The Old Smithy
THE OLD SMITHY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1104213
- Date first listed:
- 20-May-1985
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Smithy
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD SMITHY
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1104213
- Date first listed:
- 20-May-1985
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Smithy
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD SMITHY
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD SMITHY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- East Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Poltimore
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 96545 96896
Details
SX 99 NE POLTIMORE POLTIMORE
5/159 The Old Smithy -
GV II
House. C17 with C19 additions and remodelling. 2-room C17 cottage with C19 rear block making a double-depth plan. Cob, stone plinth, roughcast, under gabled-end wheat reed thatched roof; the rear block under gabled-end slate roof. 2 storeys. Front: Symmetrical 3-window range; 3-light windows above under eyebrow eaves, each light round-headed, with polygonal leaded panes and original catches. (q.v. Cogswells opposite). Porch on shaped brackets. Early C19 planked door and frame. Ground floor windows, 3-lights, square headed, under Tudor-style hood moulds. Left-hand side elevation: C20 roundel at ground-floor. C19 oriel, 1:3:1 supported on shaped struts, roof slated; each light under round-headed arch; re-leaded in circa 1900, but retaining some early C19 coloured glass. 2 ground floor C20 windows to rear block. Rear elevation: 2 and 3-light metal- framed windows of circa 1920. Interior: 2 chamfered beams to right-hand room, with step-hollow stops. Upper rooms also with cross beams, stopped and chamfered. Roof : principals, morticed and pegged, with original thatch to front with C17 untarred string to bundles.
Listing NGR: SX9654596896
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 88472
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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