Bramble Cottage, Number 1 Davids Land Cottages
1 DAVIDS LAND COTTAGES
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1259986
- Date first listed:
- 20-Nov-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Bramble Cottage, Number 1 Davids Land Cottages
- Statutory Address:
- 1 DAVIDS LAND COTTAGES
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:
- 2004-07-20
- Reference:
- IOE01/12835/18
- Rights:
- © Mr Peter Beeching. 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:
- 1259986
- Date first listed:
- 20-Nov-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Bramble Cottage, Number 1 Davids Land Cottages
- Statutory Address 1:
- 1 DAVIDS LAND COTTAGES
- Statutory Address 2:
- BRAMBLE COTTAGE
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:
- 1 DAVIDS LAND COTTAGES
- Statutory Address:
- BRAMBLE COTTAGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Mid Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Down St. Mary
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 74113 04747
Details
SS 70 SW
2/149
DOWN ST MARY
SS 70 SW
No.1 Davids Land Cottages, Bramble Cottage
II
House, formerly 2 cottages. C17, modernised and extended circa 1970. Plastered
cob on rubble footings; cob stack topped with C18 brick; interlocking concrete
tile roof (formerly thatch).
Originally a pair of contemporary 1-room plan cottages facing south. Central
axial stack serving back-to-back fireplaces and set to rear of the ridge.
Outshots to rear may be original. C20 extension to right (east) end. No.2 Davids
Land Cottages (q.v.) adjoining to right. 2 storeys. Regular 4-window front
comprising a variety of C20 casements, most with glazing bars. Ground floor left
window blocks former door to left cottage. At right end original doorway behind
C20 porch with monopitch and corrugated plastic roof. Single storey C20 extension
to right projects forward slightly with 1 front window. Mainroof and extension
roof are gable-ended. Chimney shaft of C18 hand-made brick.
Interior: both rooms have plain soffit-chamfered crossbeams and both oak lintels
to fireplaces are hidden. Each former cottage has C17 A-frame roof with pegged
lap-jointed collar and shaped halvings.
Listing NGR: SS7411304747
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 441945
- 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 20-Jun-2026 at 19:03:25.
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.