Clysthayes

CLYSTHAYES

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1204928
Date first listed:
27-Jan-1989
List Entry Name:
Clysthayes
Statutory Address:
CLYSTHAYES

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1204928
Date first listed:
27-Jan-1989
List Entry Name:
Clysthayes
Statutory Address 1:
CLYSTHAYES

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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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Location

Statutory Address:
CLYSTHAYES

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

County:
Devon
District:
East Devon (District Authority)
Parish:
Gittisham
National Grid Reference:
SY 13262 98474

Details

GITTISHAM GITTISHAM, (north side) SY 19 NW

7/149 Clysthayes

GV II

House. Probably C18 or early C19. Colourwashed and rendered, probably stone, right end wall brick on stone footings, rusticated quoins; thatched roof with a plain ridge, hipped at ends; axial stack to right of centre, rear left lateral stack (probably C20), end stack to rear right wing. Plan: L plan. The main range faces south and is, presumably, 2 rooms on plan (interior not inspected); entrance on front to right of centre; rear right wing at right angles. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4 window front with regular fenestration. C19 panelled front door to right of centre with a round-headed porch with trellis work in the head, the sides replaced with planks. The keyblock over the front door is inscribed "Ma foy a Dieu/Mon foyer a mes amis". 3 ground floor 2-light C20 timber casements with small panes. 4 first floor C20 3-light casements. Judging from interruptions to the stone plinth the ground floor windows may once have been bays or bows. Interior: Not inspected but said to be plain. At the west end of an exceptional village of traditional thatched houses.

Listing NGR: SY1326298474

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:
87151
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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