Swallows Rest
SWALLOWS REST
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1146722
- Date first listed:
- 08-Oct-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Swallows Rest
- Statutory Address:
- SWALLOWS REST
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- Date:
- 2003-10-03
- Reference:
- IOE01/11451/34
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1146722
- Date first listed:
- 08-Oct-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Swallows Rest
- Statutory Address 1:
- SWALLOWS REST
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:
- SWALLOWS REST
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- West Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Exbourne
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 60390 01995
Details
EXBOURNE EXBOURNE SS 60 SW 5/57 Swallows Rest II Cottage. C17 possibly incorporating earlier fabric. Rendered cob walls. Thatched roof gabled to left, hipped to right. Axial granite ashlar stack with dripcourse and extended shaft. Plan: Original plan unclear, the house may have been truncated at one end but now appears to consist of 2 rooms, 1 heated by the axial stack. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2-window front of C20 2-light small-paned casements, first floor left-hand one has metal frame. Door either at side or rear but lack of access prevented further inspection. Interior: may contain early features.
Listing NGR: SS6039001995
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 92940
- 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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