Rudge House

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SS 80 SE SANDFORD MILL LANE

3/297 No 10 and No 11 Rudge House

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2 cottages, formerly a single house. Late C16-early C17, possibly earlier core, modernised in late C19, probably when the house was converted to 2 or 3 cottages. Part is exposed coursed blocks of local red sandstone ashlar, the rest is plastered cob on stone rubble footings; red sandstone ashlar stacks and chimney- shafts, topped with C19 and C20 brick; corrugated asbestos roof, formerly thatch. Plan and development: originally a 3-room-and-through-passage plan house facing east. No 10 at the left (south) end occupies the former inner room parlour and hall, both of which have projecting front lateral stacks. No 11, Rudge House, occupies the former passage and service end kitchen, the latter with a projecting gable-end stack. The rear of the passage is now blocked by the staircase. This appears to be a single phase building although the interior of No 10 was not available for inspection at the time of this survey. 2 storeys with attics and secondary service outshots to rear of Rudge House. Exterior: the cottages overall have a particularly good front for Devon. The hall and inner room end No 10 is ashlar stone and both stacks have weathered offsets. Overall irregular 4-window front. The first floor windows are all C17 and oak framed. At the left end a 2-light window with ovolo-moulded mullion, left of centre a 3-light window with chamfered mullions, right of centre (over the passage doorway) a late C17 3-light flat-faced mullion window and at the right and a 2-light window with chamfered mullion. The middle two windows here also contain rectangular panes of leaded glass, some of them very old and tinged green. Both ground floor windows are C20 casements with glazing bars. The passage front doorway (into Rudge House) is right of centre and still contains the original oak doorframe; a Tudor arch with moulded surround and carved spandrels. The plank door with coverstrips and plain wrought iron strap hinges is probably the original. The doorway to No 10 at the left end was inserted in the late C19 and it contains a part-glazed plank door under an attractive gabled hood of that date. The roof is gable-ended. Interior: in No 11, Rudge House, the carpentry detail was mostly original. The former service end kitchen has soffit-chamfered and step-stopped crossbeams. The fireplace is partly-blocked. A later fireplace has cut through the oak lintel although the piece left is now exposed. The first floor chamber has a soffit- chamfered crossbeam. The full height crosswall on the lower passage side is exposed in the attic and is a truss closed with close-studded oak framing. The roof over the kitchen is carried on a side-pegged jointed cruck truss but due to its rotten base is now (March 1987) about to be replaced. No 10 was not available for inspection but similar, and probably higher quality, carpentry detail is suspected. However it is reported that much of it is hidden by C19 plaster. These cottages occupy an attractive and well-preserved late C16 early C17 house.

Listing NGR: SS8305002103

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