Number 4 Woodsdown Cottages

NUMBER 4 WOODSDOWN COTTAGES, WOODSDOWN HILL ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1317739
Date first listed:
18-Dec-1989
List Entry Name:
Number 4 Woodsdown Cottages
Statutory Address:
NUMBER 4 WOODSDOWN COTTAGES, WOODSDOWN HILL ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1317739
Date first listed:
18-Dec-1989
List Entry Name:
Number 4 Woodsdown Cottages
Statutory Address 1:
NUMBER 4 WOODSDOWN COTTAGES, WOODSDOWN HILL ROAD

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
NUMBER 4 WOODSDOWN COTTAGES, WOODSDOWN HILL ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Devon
District:
Torridge (District Authority)
Parish:
Pancrasweek
National Grid Reference:
SS 31171 08879

Details

SS30NW
10/54

PANCRASWEEK CP
WOODSDOWN HILL ROAD (North side)
No 4 Woodsdown Cottages

II

Cottage. Late C18-early C19, extended at rear mid C20. Roughcast over rubble and cob,
thatched roof, C19 brick stack gable end. Single cell with stair and closet at north
gable end, C20 extension on west front. East front: 2 storeys, 2 bays, two 2-light C19
many paned 2-light casements with projecting sills, ground floor unlit, central stable
door with double lower door, fixed light 6-pane window in south gable end fronting road
Interior: large open fireplace containing Raeburn stove, wooden shelf with brackets.
Plank doors with original hinges at north end. Upper floor not seen, thought to have a
collar beam roof. The walls of the cottage are rubble to first floor level.

Listing NGR: SS3117108879

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
91959
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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