Wells Place
WELLS PLACE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1253819
- Date first listed:
- 28-Aug-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Wells Place
- Statutory Address:
- WELLS PLACE
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2004-10-21
- Reference:
- IOE01/12592/20
- Rights:
- © Mr Terence Harper. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1253819
- Date first listed:
- 28-Aug-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Wells Place
- Statutory Address 1:
- WELLS PLACE
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:
- WELLS PLACE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Mid Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bickleigh
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 94176 06939
Details
SS 90 NW BICKLEIGH BICKLEIGH 5/27 Wells Place - GV II House. Circa mid C17 with C20 rear right addition. Whitewashed plastered stone and cob ; thatched roof with plain ridge, half-hipped at left end, continuous with adjoining house (Hayridge) at right end ; axial stack to left of centre. Plan: The plan consists of the higher end and passage of a 3 room and through passage house, the lower (left) end is missing. The passage, to the left, is extended at the rear by a later outshut with a catslide roof ; the hall, in the middle, is heated by a stack backing on to the passage and there is an unheated inner room at the right end. C20 single storey addition adjoins at rear right, C20 stair inserted in hall against the party wall with the inner room. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3 window front the eaves thatch carried down over the passage at the left suggesting that this may be a rebuilding. C20 plank door with a chamfered pegged doorframe into passage at the left below a 2-light C20 casement. To the right of the stack 2 first floor and 2 ground floor circa early C19 3-light cast iron casements, 12 panes per light with iron glazing bars: These are a particularly attractive feature of the front elevation. On the left return a purlin projecting through the wall indicates that the house extended further to the left. Interior Numerous C17 features. Roof: 2 side-pegged jointed crucks with butt purlins, no access to apex at time of survey (1986). The hall, to the left has 1 cross beam and 2 half beams with cyma recta mouldings and runout stops. The fireplace has stone rubble jambs and a chamfered lintel carried on a timber corbel at the right end. A chamfered shouldered doorway, formerly between hall and inner room has been modified to hang a C20 door. The unheated right hand room has a chamfered cross beam. C17 chamfered scroll-stopped doorway on the first floor into room over passage. An attractive thatched C17 house with a good front elevation.
Listing NGR: SS9417606939
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 437135
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 09-Jul-2026 at 01:34:53.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.