Oak Cottage and Downe Thatch
DOWNE THATCH
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1164024
- Date first listed:
- 09-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Oak Cottage and Downe Thatch
- Statutory Address:
- DOWNE THATCH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1164024
- Date first listed:
- 09-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Oak Cottage and Downe Thatch
- Statutory Address 1:
- DOWNE THATCH
- Statutory Address 2:
- OAK COTTAGE
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:
- DOWNE THATCH
- Statutory Address:
- OAK COTTAGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Doddiscombsleigh
- National Grid Reference:
- SX8547186649
Details
SX 88 NE
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DODDISCOMBSLEIGH
DODDISCOMBSLEIGH
Oak Cottage and Downe Thatch
II
House and adjoining cottage. Early C17. Whitewashed rendered cob and atone ;
thatched roof, gabled at right end, hipped at left end ; end stacks, axial stack.
Plan: Single depth plan, 3 rooms wide, possibly originally a 3 room and through
passage house the lower end and passage to the right (Downe Thatch) rebuilt, C20 rear
additions.
Exterior: 2 storey. Asymmetrical 3:1 window front, the roofline of Downe Thatch
slightly lower than Oak Cottage, gabled dormer approximately in centre. C20
thatched porch and front door to Oak Cottage leading directly into central room o
range, C20 porch to left of Downe Thatch. Fenestration of 2- and 3-light C20
casements.
Interior: Oak Cottage inspected. The putative hall, in the centre of the range has a
C20 fireplace, possibly concealing an earlier lintel and jambs, a chamfered step-
stopped crossbeam, exposed joists and an oak plank and muntin screen. A winder stair
rises adjacent to the stack.
Roof: Roof construction of side-pegged jointed cruck construction, no smoke-
blackening.
An attractive C17 house with some good interior features.
Listing NGR: SX8547186649
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 85644
- 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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