Oakford Manor and Spurway Cottage
OAKFORD MANOR AND SPURWAY COTTAGE, ROOKERY HILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1306356
- Date first listed:
- 07-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Oakford Manor and Spurway Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- OAKFORD MANOR AND SPURWAY COTTAGE, ROOKERY HILL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1306356
- Date first listed:
- 07-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Oakford Manor and Spurway Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- OAKFORD MANOR AND SPURWAY COTTAGE, ROOKERY HILL
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:
- OAKFORD MANOR AND SPURWAY COTTAGE, ROOKERY HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Mid Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Oakford
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 90970 21249
Details
SS 92 SW OAKFORD ROOKERY HILL, Oakford
5/151 Oakford Manor and Spurway Cottage -
GV II
House and adjoining cottage. Probably C17 origins with early C18 alterations and a circa early C19 remodelling. Whitewashed and rendered, probably cob and stone rubble; 2-span hipped slate roof to main block with deep eaves, slate roof hipped at end to adjoining wing (Spurway Cottage); axial stack and right end lateral stack to wing. Plan: Main block rectangular on plan and double depth with a central entrance into a stair hall; wing adjoining at right end has a lower roofline and outshut. Documentation refers to alterations carried out at the house 1718-21 including "Building a Staire Case and lasting improvements and Reparations on Higher Oakford" (Bentley). Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay front to the main block plus 2 window adjacent wing. The main block has a central entrance with a good early C19 glazed porch with a cornice and 2-leaf half-glazed outer door with Gothic arched lights and stained glass. Double-hung sash with glazing bars and margin glazing above porch; tripartite sashes with glazing bars to outer bays. The adjoining wing faces the opposite way: to the rear it has an outshut with 2 windows. The left return of the main block has a 2-bay garden elevation with glazed garden doors in the ground floor and a verandah on posts; tripartite timber sashes to the first floor. Interior: Not inspected at time of survey but said to retain an early C18 stair and other features of interest may survive. The Spurway family at Oakford Manor have been associated with Oakford parish and a manorial title for more than 700 years (Bentley). Bentley, E W, Oakford (1982), p 36, 53.
Listing NGR: SS9097021249
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 96799
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Bentley, E W, Oakford, (1982), 36 53
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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