Well House Immediately North West of Start Point Lighthouse
WELL HOUSE IMMEDIATELY NORTH WEST OF START POINT LIGHTHOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1107959
- Date first listed:
- 25-Mar-1991
- List Entry Name:
- Well House Immediately North West of Start Point Lighthouse
- Statutory Address:
- WELL HOUSE IMMEDIATELY NORTH WEST OF START POINT LIGHTHOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1107959
- Date first listed:
- 25-Mar-1991
- List Entry Name:
- Well House Immediately North West of Start Point Lighthouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- WELL HOUSE IMMEDIATELY NORTH WEST OF START POINT LIGHTHOUSE
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:
- WELL HOUSE IMMEDIATELY NORTH WEST OF START POINT LIGHTHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- South Hams (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Stokenham
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 82924 37131
Details
STOKENHAM SX83NW Well House immediately 10/174 North West of Start Point Lighthouse
GV II
Well House to Start Point Lighthouse (qv). Circa 1836, presumably by James Walker, the engineer who designed the lighthouse. Rendered and painted stone-how-pitched gable-ended roof covered in large slabs of slate. Plan: Small building of rectangular single cell plan with a wide doorway on the east end. The formerly slate-covered catchment area on the ground above to the west supplied the well's water. Exterior: Single storey. The corners, doorway and window openings are chamfered. The wide doorway on the east end has plank double doors. The north side has a small C19 16-pane sash with a hood mould above and large sill. The west end is blind. Interior: Not inspected.
Listing NGR: SX8292437131
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 99958
- 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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