Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD, THE BURY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1240593
- Date first listed:
- 05-Apr-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Abbotsford
- Statutory Address:
- ABBOTSFORD, THE BURY
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- Date:
- 2003-09-02
- Reference:
- IOE01/10139/32
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1240593
- Date first listed:
- 05-Apr-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Abbotsford
- Statutory Address 1:
- ABBOTSFORD, THE BURY
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:
- ABBOTSFORD, THE BURY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Mid Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Thorverton
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 92528 02168
Details
SS 90 SW THORVERTON THE BURY, Thorverton 8/129 Abbotsford 5.4.66 GV II House, formerly probably Church house. C17, C20 renovations. Local stone rubble, the front elevation mostly colourwashed and rendered ; thatched roof with plain ridge, gabled at ends; left end stack with brick shaft, rear lateral stack with brick shaft. Plan and Development: Single depth 3 room plan, present entrance to left of centre. The 1814 glebe map indicates that there were formerly external stone steps at the extreme left of the front leading to a first floor entrance. The massive fireplace to the left end stack suggests that the left end room may have been used for baking church bread. Exterior : 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4 window front with a front door to left of centre. First floor window right is a 4-light casement with glazing bars; the other windows have been re-glazed in the last 12 years but preserving earlier embrasures. Interior : Not inspected but said to have a massive fireplace to ground floor left with stone jambs and exposed beams in each ground floor room.
Listing NGR: SS9252402167
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 439077
- 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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