SOUTHCOTT HOUSE
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1107575
Date first listed: 29-May-1986
Statutory Address: SOUTHCOTT HOUSE
Map
© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2019. All rights reserved. Licence number 102006.006.
Use of this data is subject to Terms and Conditions.
The above map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. For a copy of the full scale map, please see the attached PDF - 1107575 .pdf
The PDF will be generated from our live systems and may take a few minutes to download depending on how busy our servers are. We apologise for this delay.
This copy shows the entry on 16-Jan-2019 at 03:32:37.
Location
Statutory Address: SOUTHCOTT HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Devon
District: North Devon (District Authority)
Parish: Westleigh
National Grid Reference: SS 46904 27573
Summary
Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details.
Reasons for Designation
Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details.
History
Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details.
Details
WESTLEIGH SOUTHCOTT
53 42 NE
3/110 Southcott House
GV II
House. C17, extended c.1860. Rendered stone rubble and cob. Gable-ended slate
roofs, with higher ridge level to C19 range. Front lateral hall stack has pair of
diagonally set stone rubble shafts heightened in brick. Brick stack at left end of
C19 range. Stone rubble stack to gable end of rear service wing.
Probably originally 3-room through-passage plan with rear 2 storey service wing,
the lower end later demolished, and partition introduced across through-passage to
form lobby entry. 3 bay C19 wing added at right end.
C17 core has 3 window range, including gabled 2 storey porch which has 6 paned
sashes above central pier dividing recessed doorway to left with fine ovolo moulded
surround with elaborately moulded bar-ogee-scroll stopped durns and 2 panelled
door, and 4 paned sash to right. Two 12-paned sashes to right over a 4-paned sash
to left of two 12-paned sashes. 3 window range to C19 wing, all 12-paned horned
sashes with horizontal sliding timber louvred shutters. Slated gabled roof to
porch at left end. C19 fenestration to rear service wing.
Interior: 2 panelled doors to the majority of rooms to both storeys. Winder
staircase to rear of hall. Inner room has late C17 or early C18 moulded
plasterwork ceiling divided into 2 fields by moulded central beam, formerly with
central roundels to each field, one of the roundels not surviving , and part of the
cornice removed in the rear right-hand corner when access was made into the C19
range. Roof space not inspected.
Listing NGR: SS4690427573
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 98834
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