Hembercombe West Hembercombe West and Tower View Or Hembercombe Tower View Or Hembercombe
HEMBERCOMBE WEST
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1204557
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jan-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Hembercombe West Hembercombe West and Tower View Or Hembercombe Tower View Or Hembercombe
- Statutory Address:
- HEMBERCOMBE WEST
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1204557
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jan-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Hembercombe West Hembercombe West and Tower View Or Hembercombe Tower View Or Hembercombe
- Statutory Address 1:
- HEMBERCOMBE WEST
- Statutory Address 2:
- HEMBERCOMBE WEST AND TOWER VIEW OR HEMBERCOMBE
- Statutory Address 3:
- TOWER VIEW OR HEMBERCOMBE
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:
- HEMBERCOMBE WEST
- Statutory Address:
- HEMBERCOMBE WEST AND TOWER VIEW OR HEMBERCOMBE
- Statutory Address:
- TOWER VIEW OR HEMBERCOMBE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- East Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Broadhembury
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 10021 05113
Details
BROADHEMBURY HEMBERCOMBE ST 10 NW
3/78 Hembercombe west and Tower View or Hembercombe
GV II
House divided into 2 estate cottages. Probably C18, C20 renovations. Creamwashed rendered cob and stone; thatched roof with a plain ridge, hipped at the right end, gabled at the left end; axial stack and end stacks with modern brick shafts. Plan: Single depth plan, 4 rooms wide with a rear centre tiled outshut. Most of the partitions in Hembercombe East appear to be C20, Hembercombe West not inspected internally at time of survey (1987). Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2:3 window front, Hembercombe West to the left, buttress on front at junction between 2 cottages. Gabled porches with segmental arched outer doorways and C19 or C20 plank front doors. Hembercombe West has 2- and 3-light C19 or C20 timber casements with glazing bars, Hembercombe East has C20 casements with square leaded panes. Interior: Hembercombe East is largely modernized inside with 2 roughly-finished exposed crossbeams, the left hand beam slightly chambered. Roof: Apex not inspected but principal rafters visible in Hembercombe East are straight and the roof structure is probably C18 or C19. One of a group of small houses and cottages on the lane to Broadhembury Common.
Listing NGR: ST1002105113
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 87081
- 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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