Liswell Meadow House

LISWELL MEADOW HOUSE

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Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1168688
Date first listed:
19-Jul-1984
List Entry Name:
Liswell Meadow House
Statutory Address:
LISWELL MEADOW HOUSE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1168688
Date first listed:
19-Jul-1984
List Entry Name:
Liswell Meadow House
Statutory Address 1:
LISWELL MEADOW HOUSE

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.

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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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
LISWELL MEADOW HOUSE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Devon
District:
South Hams (District Authority)
Parish:
Newton and Noss
National Grid Reference:
SX 57512 47951

Details

SX 54 NE NEWTON AND NOSS MEMBLAND 9/137 Liswell Meadow House

II

Kennels and kennelmaster's cottage on the Revelstoke estate, converted into one house. Dated 1881 with letters M.H. (Membland Hall). Probably designed by George Devey's office. Slate rubble. Slate roof with gables and half-hipped gables. Two storeys and attic. Long range with gabled cross wings either end and half-hipped gable at centre. The gables have projecting verges at their heads. The right hand (south west) end was the kennelmaster's cottage and has scantle slate pentice hood in gable over first floor window and slate hood over former doorway and window to side. The roof at the side is swept down over hipped roof single storey outshut. Small segmentally arched windows with long slate voussoirs in the central section and a loft door (now a window) in the half-hipped gables at centre. Another former loft door in the left hand gable of the cross wing which projects at the rear to south east, and has a square diagonally set louvred turret on the ridge with a pyramidal roof and large wrought iron weathervane with a running dog. The rear elevation has half-hipped dormers and gabled and louvred ventilation dormers. Reference: Country Life, April 29th, 1982, page 1236.

Listing NGR: SX5751247951

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
100418
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Country Life in 29 April, (1982), 1236

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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