Oakhayes
OAKHAYES, OAKHAYES LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1308900
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Oakhayes
- Statutory Address:
- OAKHAYES, OAKHAYES LANE
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1308900
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Oakhayes
- Statutory Address 1:
- OAKHAYES, OAKHAYES LANE
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:
- OAKHAYES, OAKHAYES LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- East Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Woodbury
- National Grid Reference:
- SY 00750 87295
Details
SY 08 NW WOODBURY OAKHAYES LANE, Woodbury
2/130 Oakhayes 11.11.52 - II
Large detached house, now sub-divided. Circa 1830; built for Rev. Francis Filmer of Cwmdale, near Canterbury; the land came onto the market in 1829, and Oakhayes House first appears in the Land Tax Assessments in 1832 (see reference below). Brick, whitewashed or plastered; hipped slate roofs. Plan of 3 parallel ranges, all separately roofed, the principal rooms are situated to the garden (right-hand) end of the ranges, and to either side of the entrance; to this was added a late C19 north east wing. Entrance front (west): symmetrical 3 window range; all windows with 12-pane hornless sashes. Central porch: 2 Tuscan columns, moulded entablature open to front, with panelled ceiling; doorway with reeded architrave; half-glazed door with rectangular fanlight. Garden front (south): symmetrical 1:3:1 bays, the central bays forming a polygonal projection. All windows are 12-pane hornless sashes except to the ground floor of the projection which has a French window flanked by 2-pane horned sash windows. Some 1st floor windows with blind housings. Hornless sash windows to rear. Attched to rear is a contemporary conservatory, quite small, with a central area and side aisles. The original owner was an enthusiastic gardener. Interior not inspected. Reference: Ursula W Brighouse, Woodbury, A View from the Beacon, pp.164-6
Listing NGR: SY0075087295
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 88643
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Brighouse, U W, Woodbury A View from the Beacon, (1981), 164-6
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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