Nos 47 and 48 Including Slaughterhouse to Rear and Walls of Rear Plot
NOS 47 AND 48 INCLUDING SLAUGHTERHOUSE TO REAR AND WALLS OF REAR PLOT, 47 AND 48, FORE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1209063
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jan-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Nos 47 and 48 Including Slaughterhouse to Rear and Walls of Rear Plot
- Statutory Address:
- NOS 47 AND 48 INCLUDING SLAUGHTERHOUSE TO REAR AND WALLS OF REAR PLOT, 47 AND 48, FORE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1209063
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jan-1983
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 30-Dec-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Nos 47 and 48 Including Slaughterhouse to Rear and Walls of Rear Plot
- Statutory Address 1:
- NOS 47 AND 48 INCLUDING SLAUGHTERHOUSE TO REAR AND WALLS OF REAR PLOT, 47 AND 48, FORE STREET
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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.
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:
- NOS 47 AND 48 INCLUDING SLAUGHTERHOUSE TO REAR AND WALLS OF REAR PLOT, 47 AND 48, FORE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Buckfastleigh
- National Park:
- Dartmoor
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 73976 66135
Details
BUCKFASTLEIGH
SX7366 FORE STREET 1011-1/6/85 (North side) 06/01/83 Nos.47 AND 48 including slaughterhouse to rear and walls of rear plot (Formerly Listed as: FORE STREET (North side) No.47)
GV II
House with shop, including former slaughterhouse to rear. House probably late C18 with C20 shop front; C19 slaughterhouse. Upper storey painted and slate hung, possibly on timber frame, rear elevation local grey limestone rubble; natural slate roof, gabled at ends; end stacks with rendered shafts and platbands; cast-iron rainwater goods. Plan: double-depth main block, 2 rooms wide, the ground floor gutted for C20 shop use. Modernised rear right wing connects shop to former slaughterhouse in rear courtyard. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. 3-window front. Ground floor consists of late C20 plate-glass shop front with C20 recessed door to accommodation to left. 3 first-floor late C18 or early C19 12-pane sashes with moulded frames. Attic dormer with 2-light casement window. Rear elevation preserves 2 first-floor 16-pane hornless sashes with stone arches. Small rectangular partly lofted slaughterhouse to rear of local grey limestone rubble. INTERIOR: ground floor of main block modernised. Slaughterhouse retains local Ashburton limestone paving and roof construction of C19 character. The building preserves carcase hooks and a large timber drum pulley, presumably for slaughtering, and is a rare survival in an urban context.
Listing NGR: SX7397666135
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 392279
- 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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