The Drum Public House
THE DRUM PUBLIC HOUSE, COCKINGTON LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1208501
- Date first listed:
- 20-Nov-1952
- List Entry Name:
- The Drum Public House
- Statutory Address:
- THE DRUM PUBLIC HOUSE, COCKINGTON LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1208501
- Date first listed:
- 20-Nov-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 03-May-1994
- List Entry Name:
- The Drum Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE DRUM PUBLIC HOUSE, COCKINGTON 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 DRUM PUBLIC HOUSE, COCKINGTON LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Torbay (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 89296 63850
Details
TORQUAY
SX8963 COCKINGTON LANE, Cockington 885-1/16/367 (South West side) 20/11/52 The Drum Public House (Formerly Listed as: COCKINGTON LANE, Cockington The Drum Inn)
GV II
Public house. c1934, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, some internal modernisation c1983. Plastered walls on tall Flemish bond red brick footings; red brick stacks with tall chimneyshafts; thatched roof. PLAN: Building faces north-east and backs onto the ground of Cockington Park. Main block is double-depth with stack in axial partition. Not quite symmetrical crosswings project forward with massive projecting stacks on outer sides. South-east stair block originally intended as a link to a wing which was never built. Vernacular Revival style. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with single-storey crosswings. Building on tall plinth and approached by a flight of steps. Main block has 2 front doorways, one each end, both with flat timber hoods on open scrolled brackets and containing glazed doors. Between them a large canted bay containing a series of horizontal sliding sashes, more over the doors and on all sides of crosswing and stair block; both 12- and 16-pane. Hipped roof. Tall roof to main block with deep eaves to accommodate bay. INTERIOR: The public parts are largely the result of c1983 "rustication" but large fireplaces with chamfered and scroll-stopped lintels are original. The Drum and its garden features were the only parts built of a Lutyens scheme to create a model village in Cockington. It is an important building in an exceptionally attractive group of listed buildings in an unspoilt village and the adjoining Cockington Park. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1952-1989: P.853).
Listing NGR: SX8929663850
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 390568
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Devon, (1989), 853
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: South Devon, (1952), 853
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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