Amherst the Old Cream House
AMHERST, 74, EAST STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1298749
- Date first listed:
- 10-May-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Amherst the Old Cream House
- Statutory Address:
- AMHERST, 74, EAST STREET
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- Reference:
- IOE01/12250/28
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1298749
- Date first listed:
- 10-May-1973
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 01-Sept-1992
- List Entry Name:
- Amherst the Old Cream House
- Statutory Address 1:
- AMHERST, 74, EAST STREET
- Statutory Address 2:
- THE OLD CREAM HOUSE, 72, EAST STREET
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:
- AMHERST, 74, EAST STREET
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD CREAM HOUSE, 72, EAST STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ashburton
- National Park:
- Dartmoor
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 75899 70035
Details
ASHBURTON
SX7570 EAST STREET 849-1/9/74 (South side) 10/05/73 Nos.72 AND 74 The Old Cream House (72) Amherst (74) (Formerly Listed as: EAST STREET (South side) Nos.72 AND 74, 76 Hare's Lane Cottage (76))
GV II
Mirrored pair of houses. Late C18 or early C19. Rendered fronts (probably timber-framed) lined to imitate masonry. Left side wall of stone rubble. Slated roofs in 2 spans parallel to street. Rendered chimneys on gable ends of each span. Probably single-fronted, double-depth. 3 storeys. Combined front 3 windows wide with paired doorways in centre of ground storey. Doorways flanked and divided by pilasters supporting a frieze; there was probably a hood originally. 6-paned doors, the bottom panels flush, the top 2 panels now glazed; panelled reveals. Brass knocker at No 72, iron one at No 74. All windows have moulded architraves and sashes. No 72 has triple sash with 2-paned centre light in ground storey; 6-paned sashes above, except that in third storey upper sashes have only 3 panes. All sashes at No 74 are 2-paned. Combined front flanked by rusticated pilaster-strips and finished with bracketed cornice. Barred sashes and wood casements in rear walls.
Listing NGR: SX7589970035
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 376051
- 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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