DITCHETT
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1107225
- Date first listed:
- 18-Oct-1988
- Statutory Address:
- DITCHETT, NETTLEFORD HILL
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- DITCHETT, NETTLEFORD HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- North Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Rose Ash
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 81032 19203
Details
SS 81 NW ROSE ASH NETTLEFORD HILL
9/116 Ditchett
II
House. Circa 1820. Colourwashed rendered stone and cob; 2 span slate roof, hipped
at ends; end stacks with brick shafts, rear lateral stack.
Plan: Double depth plan, 3 rooms wide, the centre front room an entrance hall
containing the stair, principal rooms to front left and right. An axial passage with
a service stair at the right end divides the front from the rear rooms; rear left
pantry, rear centre kitchen, rear right parlour or dining room. The axial passage is
connected to the entrance hall by a rather awkward closet.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Almost symmetrical 3-bay front with a C19 panelled front door
with a glazed overlight, panelled reveals and a C19 Tuscan porch, early C19 windows
16-pane sashes to the left hand bay, 20-pane sashes to the right hand bay, 12-pane
sash above front door. A C19 round-headed casement on the right return with margin
glazing to each light lights the service stair. The rear elevation has a mixture of
C19 casements and C20 replacement windows, rear service door into pantry.
Interior: Original features survive including panelled doors. The entrance hall
retains a reeded plaster cornice and oval plaster ceiling decoration. The stick
baluster stair has a wreathed mahogany handrail. Ground floor room front left has a
re-sited early C19 Devon marble chimney-piece. The massive kitchen fireplace is
still open with a bread oven, the rear right room has a C19 reeded chimney-piece.
Other rooms not seen at time of survey but similar features may survive.
A large, handsome gentry house.
Listing NGR: SS8103219203
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 97647
- 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.
End of official listing
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