Cairn House
CAIRN HOUSE, 3, HORNHILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1297072
- Date first listed:
- 11-Dec-1969
- List Entry Name:
- Cairn House
- Statutory Address:
- CAIRN HOUSE, 3, HORNHILL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1297072
- Date first listed:
- 11-Dec-1969
- List Entry Name:
- Cairn House
- Statutory Address 1:
- CAIRN HOUSE, 3, HORNHILL
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:
- CAIRN HOUSE, 3, HORNHILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- South Hams (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Dartmouth
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 87770 51249
Details
DARTMOUTH
SX874510 HORNHILL 673-1/8/155 (South side) 11/12/69 No.3 Cairn House
GV II
House. 1904 rebuild of a 1632 house, according to date plaque. Stucco on stone rubble to second floor, slate-hung timber-framing above; right end stack with rendered chimneyshaft; slate roof. PLAN: One-room plan, raised one storey in 1904. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; 2-window front. Lower storeys are stucco lightly blocked out as ashlar, upper storey is slate-hung. Original early C20 four-panel front door with plain overlight. Right bay contains horned 4-pane sashes; first-floor left has a 16-pane sash and second floor has a 12-pane sash. Roof hipped to left, gable-ended to right. Left return wall exposed to Higher Street and clad like the front. It is blind but, at first-floor level, contains a shaped date plaque, a rectangle with circle on the top: the circle is inscribed 1632 and below is inscribed "Rebuilt A.D.1904 W.H.N." INTERIOR: Not inspected but likely to be of interest.
Listing NGR: SX8777051249
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 387276
- 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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