Old Court House
OLD COURT HOUSE, GLOBE HILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1166253
- Date first listed:
- 21-Apr-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Old Court House
- Statutory Address:
- OLD COURT HOUSE, GLOBE HILL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1166253
- Date first listed:
- 21-Apr-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Old Court House
- Statutory Address 1:
- OLD COURT HOUSE, GLOBE HILL
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:
- OLD COURT HOUSE, GLOBE HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- East Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Woodbury
- National Grid Reference:
- SY 00715 87197
Details
SY 08 NW WOODBURY GLOBE HILL, Woodbury
2/112 Old Court House - - II
Substantial detached house. Built 1860-1 by William Phillips, builder of Woodbury, to house the Woodbury Sessions Magistrates Court, and policeman's house, with a cell. Red brick with yellow brick quoins and dressing, all on a chamfered limestone plinth, hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves. A rectangular block; double-depth plan. 2 storeys. Front: symmetrical 5 window range; 12-pane hornless sash windows to 1st floor; ground floor with round-headed 12-pane hornless sash windows; central round-headed doorway; panelled door with remi-circular fanlight. South front (left-hand side): irregular fenestration; 1st floor with 2 sash windows, one of 12-, the other of 8-panes, and a C20 metal casement window. Small ground floor window, but set quite high, under a segmental arch, probably lights former cell. North front: 1 12-pane hornless sash window to 1st floor; 1 sash window below, 3 panes up, 6 below. Rear: irregular fenestration, with 4 12-pane hornless sash windows to 1st floor; C20 windows below. Interior not inspected. Reference: Ursula W Brighouse, Woodbury, A View from the Beacon, 1981, p.171.
Listing NGR: SY0071587197
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 88623
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Brighouse, U W, Woodbury A View from the Beacon, (1981), 171
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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