Dittisham Thornwell
DITTISHAM THORNWELL, THE LEVEL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1212468
- Date first listed:
- 26-Apr-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Dittisham Thornwell
- Statutory Address:
- DITTISHAM THORNWELL, THE LEVEL
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- Date:
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- Reference:
- IOE01/05579/24
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1212468
- Date first listed:
- 26-Apr-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Dittisham Thornwell
- Statutory Address 1:
- DITTISHAM THORNWELL, THE LEVEL
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:
- DITTISHAM THORNWELL, THE LEVEL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- South Hams (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Dittisham
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 86313 54741
Details
DITTISHAM 5X8654-5X8754 THE LEVEL 17/271 Dittisham Thornwell
GV II
House and shop premises. Late C19, said to have been built in 1876. Stone rubble, mostly local limestone and redbrick window arches. Slate roof with over-hanging eaves with exposed rafter ends and verges at the gable ends with scalloped barge boards with pierced trefoils. The 2 small gables at the front and 2 in the rear wing have similar bargeboards. Rendered stacks at the gable ends, the left hand with turned clay pot and the right hand with a lowered pot. Plan: Overall L-shaped on plan the front block is at right angles to the road and of double-depth plan with 2 principal front rooms, a central entrance and probably smaller rooms behind. Behind the left hand part there is a wing facing the road to the left of the house; the wing contains a small shop on the ground floor with a central entrance. Exterior: 2 storeys. The north west front of the house has a symmetrical 2-window elevation of original 9-pane (3 over 6 panes) sashes in openings with segmental brick arches, the first floor with small gables over with shaped and pierced bargeboards. Central doorway with similar arch and late C20 glazed door. The corners at the front are splayed. The left hand return, the rear wing facing the road has a small early C20 8-pane shop window to the right in an earlier opening with a timber lintel, a circa early C20 fixed-light 9-pane window to the left and a C20 glazed door between. On the first floor 2 late C19 2-light casements with glazing bars with small gables over with shaped and pierced bargeboards. Interior: The shop has a single circa early C20 interior, the counter has a panelled front and the walls are lined in shelves. The interior of the house was not inspected.
Listing NGR: SX8631354741
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 101184
- 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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