Primrose Cottage
Primrose Cottage, The Green, Whimple, EX5 2TY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1333777
- Date first listed:
- 09-Sept-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Primrose Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- Primrose Cottage, The Green, Whimple, EX5 2TY
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- Date:
- 2006-08-19
- Reference:
- IOE01/16009/32
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1333777
- Date first listed:
- 09-Sept-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Primrose Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- Primrose Cottage, The Green, Whimple, EX5 2TY
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:
- Primrose Cottage, The Green, Whimple, EX5 2TY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- East Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Whimple
- National Grid Reference:
- SY 04112 97378
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 28 June 2023 to amend the name and address, and to reformat the text to current standards
SY 0497-0597
10/214
WHIMPLE
Whimple
THE GREEN, (west side)
Primrose Cottage
(Formerly listed as La Chaumiere)
9.9.76
GV
II
House. C17, maybe earlier origins, late C19 extension, modernised with another extension in 1976. Older part is plastered cob on stone rubble footings; stone rubble or cob stacks topped with C19 and C20 brick; thatch roof, slate to C19 extension.
Plan: the C17 block faces south-west. It appears to have a two or three-room plan with gable-end stacks, the right (south-east) one projecting. The rear wall bulges in the centre as if a there is a stair turret there. C19 one-room plan block projects at right angles to rear of left end and has a gable-end stack. C20 extension projects forward from left end at first floor level with open car port below. Two storeys with C20 conservatory alongside the rear block.
Exterior: rear block includes a probably late C19 six-pane sash with flat stucco architrave and eaves cornice. All the other windows are C20 casements with glazing bars. The front of the main block has a roughly central doorway which contains a C20 panelled door behind a contemporary gabled porch. The main block roof is gable-ended.
Interior: was not available for inspection at the time of this survey but the main house is said to include original carpentry detail including a jointed cruck truss roof.
The Green contains an attractive group of small thatch-roofed houses.
Listing NGR: SY0411297378
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 86972
- 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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