Front House Guest House
FRONT HOUSE GUEST HOUSE, EAST STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1165774
- Date first listed:
- 23-Aug-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Front House Guest House
- Statutory Address:
- FRONT HOUSE GUEST HOUSE, EAST STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1165774
- Date first listed:
- 23-Aug-1955
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 03-Jul-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Front House Guest House
- Statutory Address 1:
- FRONT HOUSE GUEST HOUSE, EAST STREET
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:
- FRONT HOUSE GUEST HOUSE, EAST STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bovey Tracey
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 81758 78567
Details
SX 8178 BOVEY TRACEY EAST STREET (south side), Bovey Tracey 11/65 Front House Guest House - (formerly listed as Front House 23.8.55 and Cottage) GV II
Guest house, originally a private house. Early C19, probably incorporating part of a C16 or C17 building; later addition to left. Solid, roughcast walls, probably of stone. Tarred slated roofs with clay ridge-tiles; on older part of front range most ridge-tiles are handmade with low crests. Brick chimneys (the left-hand one partly rebuilt in C20) on each gable of older front range and on left-hand gable of the addition. Front range has 2 rooms of equal size, originally with through passage between them; parlour wing at rear on right-hand side, longer kitchen wing, including staircase, at rear to left. 2 storeys. Roughly symmetrical 3- window front; all windows with sashes, of 6 panes in ground storey, and 8 panes in second storey. Central doorway has wooden doorcase with flanking pilasters and flat hood on shaped brackets. 6-panel door, the 2 top panels now glazed. 2 windows at either side of doorway. Addition'to left has no windows. Rear wings retain most of their C19 casements. Interior: both front rooms and room in parlour wing on ground storey have early C19 wood chimneypieces; that in left-hand front room with moulded architrave, fluted half-pilasters, pulvinated frieze with centre plaque, and cornice. Right- hand room has chimney-piece with plain pilasters and dentilled cornice; ceiling- beams chamfered, one with a run-out stop. Wooden open-well staircase, at junction of main range with kitchen wing, has cut strings with thin square-section balusters. Roof not inspected. Little Front House and Rose Cottage, also part of Front House Guest House, are separately listed.
Listing NGR: SX8175878567
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 84508
- 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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