Penswell and Red Tree House
PENSWELL AND RED TREE HOUSE, PENSWELL CROSS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1308476
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Penswell and Red Tree House
- Statutory Address:
- PENSWELL AND RED TREE HOUSE, PENSWELL CROSS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1308476
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Penswell and Red Tree House
- Statutory Address 1:
- PENSWELL AND RED TREE HOUSE, PENSWELL CROSS
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:
- PENSWELL AND RED TREE HOUSE, PENSWELL CROSS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- South Hams (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Rattery
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 74029 61765
Details
RATTERY PENSWELL CROSS SX 76 SW
6/188 Penswell and Red Tree House - - II
House subdivided into two, formerly farmhouse and adjoining schoolroom. Circa early C16, hall floored circa late C16 to early C17, later wing at lower end. Rendered and colourwashed stone rubble. Asbestos slate roof with gable ends. Three room and through passage plan, originally with open hall, hall now floored and lateral hall stack inserted at front. Unheated inner room. Small stack at rear of lower end. Stone turret at rear of hall. Later wing at right angles to front of lower end used as schoolroom and now part of Red Tree House. Two storeys. Asymmetrical fenestration of C20 windows including large French window to hall right, with slate hanging above. Lateral stone stack of centre and through passage door to left with C20 glazed porch. Later gabled wing projecting at right angles to left lower end with large C20 windows in gable end. Gabled stair turret at rear of hall and later rear outshuts. Interior: Rough chamfered hall ceiling beam with one scroll stop, mainly ceiled but two chamfered joists enforced with scroll stops. Lateral hall fireplace with chamfered slate lintel with straight cut stops and stone rubble jambs. Plastered inner room partition. Newel stairs at rear of higher end of hall with renewed stairs. At head of stairs a pair of chamfered doorways with carpenters mitres. Roof trusses with side-pegged lap-jointed apices and collars from through passage over hall and inner room. Over lower end, one smoke-blackened truss over passage, and smoke- blackened rafters. This truss and several others over lower end have morticed apices and collars, side-pegged, and threaded purlins. The house has been subdivided into two and Penswell occupies the hall and higher end and Red Tree House occupies the lower end and the former schoolroom wing.
Listing NGR: SX7402961765
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 99324
- 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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