Attached Railings and Walls Numbers 30 and 31 and Attached Railings and Walls

ATTACHED RAILINGS AND WALLS, 30 AND 31, EXETER ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1197134
Date first listed:
11-Oct-1972
List Entry Name:
Attached Railings and Walls Numbers 30 and 31 and Attached Railings and Walls
Statutory Address:
ATTACHED RAILINGS AND WALLS, 30 AND 31, EXETER ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1197134
Date first listed:
11-Oct-1972
List Entry Name:
Attached Railings and Walls Numbers 30 and 31 and Attached Railings and Walls
Statutory Address 1:
ATTACHED RAILINGS AND WALLS, 30 AND 31, EXETER ROAD
Statutory Address 2:
NUMBERS 30 AND 31 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS AND WALLS, 30 AND 31, EXETER ROAD

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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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Location

Statutory Address:
ATTACHED RAILINGS AND WALLS, 30 AND 31, EXETER ROAD
Statutory Address:
NUMBERS 30 AND 31 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS AND WALLS, 30 AND 31, EXETER ROAD

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

County:
Devon
District:
Mid Devon (District Authority)
Parish:
Crediton
National Grid Reference:
SX 83893 99770

Details

CREDITON

SX8399 EXETER ROAD 672-1/4/42 (West side) 11/10/72 Nos.30 & 31 and attached railings and walls

GV II

House, divided into two. Circa 1830s to 1840s, possibly a mid C19 remodelling of an earlier C19 house. Stone rubble, the Exeter Road elevation stuccoed, the rear elevation painted; slate roofs; stacks with brick shafts. Plan: Double depth main block. Service courtyard to the rear (south), screened from the Exeter Road by a service block, probably servants' or grooms' accommodation. Service courtyard completed on the south side by a stable block. Exterior: 2 storeys. Exeter Road elevation 3:2:1 bays: the servants' block to the left plainer; the main block of the house with a platband at first floor level breaks back at the right with an oblique angle determined by the cramped site. Flat-roofed stuccoed porch in the angle with a moulded cornice, the roof supported on a square section pier to the right with a section of arcaded balustrading forming a low wall between the house and the pier. 4-panel front door with panelled reveals. To the right, a secondary 2-pane late C19 sash; early C19 12-pane sash above. To the left of the porch (No 30) the front breaks forward and is symmetrically treated with a recessed 4-panel service door with an overlight, flanked by 16-pane sashes with 2 similar sashes above. Beyond this, to the south, the front elevation is roughcast with a central cartway with a C20 plank door and 3 16-pane first floor sashes. The north (garden) front of No 31 has deep boxed eaves with moulded brackets and a platband below the eaves. 5-bay verandah with 2 cast iron columns and a glazed roof. Pair of high transomed French windows with small panes and margin lights; 2 first floor 12-pane sashes with margin panes and sill blocks.The west elevation of No 31, facing onto Four Mills Lane, has a very tall round-headed stair sash with margin panes, 2 C20 small-pane windows and a C20 door with a cast iron fanlight. Tall wall to the service courtyard to the right with stone coping and a doorway. Iron railings with leaf finials to west. Interior: No 31 retains original features including marble chimney-pieces, panelled doors and a stick baluster stair with mahogany handrail. No. 30 has been much altered internally, but retains a small fireplace on the first floor with a grate and some C19 panelled doors.

Listing NGR: SX8389399770

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Legacy System number:
386991
Legacy System:
LBS

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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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