NUMBERS 6 AND 7 THORNE'S COTTAGES
6 AND 7 THORNE'S COTTAGES, GREENWAY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1308956
- Date first listed:
- 21-Apr-1986
- List Entry Name:
- NUMBERS 6 AND 7 THORNE'S COTTAGES
- Statutory Address:
- 6 AND 7 THORNE'S COTTAGES, GREENWAY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1308956
- Date first listed:
- 21-Apr-1986
- List Entry Name:
- NUMBERS 6 AND 7 THORNE'S COTTAGES
- Statutory Address 1:
- 6 AND 7 THORNE'S COTTAGES, GREENWAY
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:
- 6 AND 7 THORNE'S COTTAGES, GREENWAY
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 01067 87141
Details
SY 08 NW
2/119
WOODBURY
GREENWAY, Woodbury
Nos. 6 & 7 Thorne's Cottages
GV
II
Pair of cottages. C18 with C19 alterations. Roughcast cob with brick right-hand
end wall; corrugated iron (originally thatched) gabled end roof. Double depth plan
cottages, one a single room in width, the other 2 rooms wide, with 1 axial and 2
end stacks with brick shafts. 2 storeys.
Front: symmetrical 3-window range; 16-pane hornless sash windows to all except
ground floor left-hand window which has a 12-pane sash. The groundfloor windows
are set immediately below those to the 1st floor, with the 2 front doors set
between. Casement windows to right-hand end; small attic window only to left-hand
end.
Rear: irregular fenestration, altered in C20, but with one 12-pane hornless sash
window to 1st floor.
Interior: (not inspected); occupier reports that there are no exposed ceiling
beams, but that there is a good pegged roof with 5 trusses.
Listing NGR: SY0106787141
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 88632
- 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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