The Old Palace and Attached Wall
THE OLD PALACE AND ATTACHED WALL, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1208225
- Date first listed:
- 19-Mar-1951
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Palace and Attached Wall
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD PALACE AND ATTACHED WALL, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1208225
- Date first listed:
- 19-Mar-1951
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Palace and Attached Wall
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD PALACE AND ATTACHED WALL, CHURCH LANE
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:
- THE OLD PALACE AND ATTACHED WALL, CHURCH LANE
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:
- SS 83716 00302
Details
CREDITON
SS834000 CHURCH LANE 672-1/6/12 The Old Palace and attached wall 19/03/51
GV II
House, now 2 dwellings. Largely C18 and early C19 with possible earlier origins. Flemish bond brick of 2 periods, the earlier with burnt headers; painted local volcanic trap rubble to the rear; slate roof; stacks with brick shafts. Plan: double- depth main range 3 rooms wide with a rear right wing at right angles. The earlier rear range was re-used as the services to a later house: this was built in at least 2 phases, an early C18 phase in the centre, extended or rebuilt in the c. early C19 at both ends. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 8-bay front dividing between the 2 properties as 6:2. Roof with deep coved eaves, hipped at right end, gabled at left. The Old Palace, to the left (west) has a C19 4-panel front door with an overlight in the third bay from the left with a guaged brick flat arch and a shallow, gabled trellis porch. The 2 ground floor windows to the left left and the right hand window have segmental brick arches and are glazed with 16-pane c.early C19 sashes. Blocked first floor window in the fourth bay from the left. 3 left hand first floor similar sashes, the windows with flat arches. The 2 right hand bays of the left hand house have early C18 flush frame 12-pane sashes with thick glazing bars, the ground floor windows with guaged brick arches. The right hand house has a C19 panelled front door and a porch matching the Old Palace, blocked first floor window above; 16-pane early C19 sashes in the right hand bay. The rear elevation has a lower roofline, timber sashes and casements with glazing bars. Interior: Ground floor of the Old Palace only inspected. This retains early C19 features including panelled doors and a marble chimney-piece. The stone rubble rear wall of the main block retains the stub of a right-angled wall: these may have formed part of the Bishop's Palace shown as approximately on this site on a copy of a map associated with a mid C16 terrier.
Listing NGR: SS8371400300
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 386960
- 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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