Little Hill (North and South Side) Including Front Garden Wall

LITTLE HILL (NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE) INCLUDING FRONT GARDEN WALL, ANSTEY WAY

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1325323
Date first listed:
29-May-1986
List Entry Name:
Little Hill (North and South Side) Including Front Garden Wall
Statutory Address:
LITTLE HILL (NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE) INCLUDING FRONT GARDEN WALL, ANSTEY WAY

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1325323
Date first listed:
29-May-1986
List Entry Name:
Little Hill (North and South Side) Including Front Garden Wall
Statutory Address 1:
LITTLE HILL (NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE) INCLUDING FRONT GARDEN WALL, ANSTEY WAY

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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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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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Location

Statutory Address:
LITTLE HILL (NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE) INCLUDING FRONT GARDEN WALL, ANSTEY WAY

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

County:
Devon
District:
North Devon (District Authority)
Parish:
Instow
National Grid Reference:
SS 47450 30582

Details

INSTOW ANSTEY WAY (east side), Instow SS 43 SE 1/72 Little Hill (north and south side) including front garden wall II

Semi-detached pair of villas. Appear to be circa 1860, but apparently is dated 1885. Brick with ashlar dressings. Slate roof, hipped to front wings at each end with boxed eaves and lions head guttering. Ridge stacks. Symmetrical mirror plan, each villa with 3 principal rooms and stair hall forming L-shape to front, principal entrances to each side and service rooms and stable block to rear grouped around central rear courtyards. 2 storeys. Brick platband. West front, 4-window range, each end bay breaking forward. All fenestration intact with 4 paned sashes with margin glazing bars and horizontal sliding louvred timber shutters. 2 centre bays have sashes on each floor, twin sashes to each wing with central colonnete with crocket capitals over canted bay window with ashlar blocking course ornamented with large Tudor Rose decoration. North and south entrance fronts each have a single bay of sashes on each floor to west of twin sashes with central colonnette with crocket capitals over canted bays with similarly ornamented blocking course continuing eastwards to form distyle portico with double crocket capitals. 4 panelled door with 2-paned overlight. Short gable-ended right-angled projection to east contains integral stable block with loft over. Interiors: C19 joinery entirely intact. Richly moulded plasterwork cornices to principal rooms. Impressive dog-leg staircases to each side with sugar barley balusters and moulded handrails ramped up to larger newels with acorn finials. Front garden wall of squat stone balusters with single low central brick pier and L-shaped triple cluster of similar piers flanking each curved end section.

Listing NGR: SS4745030582

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

Legacy System number:
98775
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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