Norwood Cottage Taylors Farmhouse
NORWOOD COTTAGE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1253718
- Date first listed:
- 18-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Norwood Cottage Taylors Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- NORWOOD COTTAGE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1253718
- Date first listed:
- 18-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Norwood Cottage Taylors Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- NORWOOD COTTAGE
- Statutory Address 2:
- TAYLORS FARMHOUSE
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:
- NORWOOD COTTAGE
- Statutory Address:
- TAYLORS FARMHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- North Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Tawstock
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 54599 26179
Details
TAWSTOCK HISCOTT SS 52 NW 3/76 Norwood Cottage and Taylors - Farmhouse
II
Farmhouse, now divided into 2 occupations; Probably early C17, extended and altered in C20. Rendered stone rubble and cob. Tiled roof with gable ends. Rendered stack at left end with offsets and axial stack, both with tapered caps, and stack at right end. Overall 3-room cross-passage plan with stack backing onto the cross-passage, the 2 houses now divided along its line. Projecting stair turret to rear of hall. ] 2 storeys, 5 window range. C20 fenestration. Blocked cross-passage doorway C20 single storey extensions at left end and to front of Taylors farmhouse, and C20 2 storey extension to rear of Norwood Cottage. Interior Plank and muntin screen between hall and inner room, the muntins hollow moulded on hall side, as is the fireplace lintel. Step stops to chamfered hall ceiling beams, pyramid stops to inner room chamfered ceiling beam. Chamfered surround with scroll stopped durns to doorway to stair turret. Old window bench to 4 hall. Diagonal stops to ceiling beams to lower end and mortices to headrail indicate position of former screen to lower side of cross-passage. Double handed cloam oven doorway and chamfered lintel to fireplace. Roof replaced in C20. |
Listing NGR: SS5459926179
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 437016
- 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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