Elmside, Bass's Orchard and Lavender Cottage
ELMSIDE, BASS'S ORCHARD AND LAVENDER COTTAGE, LONGMEADOW ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1333250
- Date first listed:
- 18-Nov-1977
- List Entry Name:
- Elmside, Bass's Orchard and Lavender Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- ELMSIDE, BASS'S ORCHARD AND LAVENDER COTTAGE, LONGMEADOW ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1333250
- Date first listed:
- 18-Nov-1977
- List Entry Name:
- Elmside, Bass's Orchard and Lavender Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- ELMSIDE, BASS'S ORCHARD AND LAVENDER COTTAGE, LONGMEADOW ROAD
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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.
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:
- ELMSIDE, BASS'S ORCHARD AND LAVENDER COTTAGE, LONGMEADOW ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- East Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Lympstone
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 99579 84126
Details
SX 98 SE LYMPSTONE LONGMEADOW ROAD (south side), Lympstone 5/34 Elmside, Bass's Orchard and 18.ll.77 Lavender Cottage
GV II
Row of 3 cottages. Early C16, with some later alterations. Roughcast cob on stone footings, with an extreme right-hand end extension of random rubble and brick, plastered; hipped thatched roof. The original plan is difficult to reconstruct; the 2 left-hand end cottages (Elmside and Bass's Orchard) were open to the roof which is smoke-blackened, but of atypical construction (see below); Elmside and Lavender Cottage are divided by a (now internal) cob wall; Lavender Cottage has a jointed cruck roof, and was of 2 storeys from the beginning; it is possible that it formed the inner room of a 3-room, cross-passage plan house, with Elmside (now heated by an external rear lateral stack) functioning formerly as the hall, except that this would make for an exceptionally long service end. The very primitive roof construction could indicate that the building was originally a row of cottages, to which Lavender Cottage was a late C16 addition. 2 storeys. Front: irregular fenestration. Four 12-pane horizontally sliding sash windows with wooden sill guide pegs, a 2-light casement window and 2 small C20 single-light windows to first floor. Wide, possibly C17 or C18 door surrounds to Bass's Orchard and Lavender Cottage; C20 glazed door to Elmside. 4 sashes as above and two 2-light casement windows to ground floor. 1 axial stack to Lavender Cottage; another stack emerging from the front face of the roof of Bass's Orchard; external rear lateral stacks to Elmside and Bass's Orchard; all stacks with brick shafts, formerly serving 4 separate cottages. Interior: roof: long massive diagonal ridge piece supported at each end by large uprights that appear to extend to ground level, that to the Lavender Cottage end embedded in a cob wall, possibly a former end wall. Ridge piece supported in the middle by a jointed cruck. Purlins back on to truss. All original timbers smoke blackened. Clean jointed cruck, and a late truss crossed at apex, to Lavender Cottage. Cruck apexes morticed and pegged.
Listing NGR: SX9957984126
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 88534
- 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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