House in West Corner of the Churchyard
HOUSE IN WEST CORNER OF THE CHURCHYARD, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1333969
- Date first listed:
- 02-Dec-1988
- List Entry Name:
- House in West Corner of the Churchyard
- Statutory Address:
- HOUSE IN WEST CORNER OF THE CHURCHYARD, HIGH STREET
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- Date:
- 2001-10-31
- Reference:
- IOE01/05756/26
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1333969
- Date first listed:
- 02-Dec-1988
- List Entry Name:
- House in West Corner of the Churchyard
- Statutory Address 1:
- HOUSE IN WEST CORNER OF THE CHURCHYARD, HIGH STREET
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:
- HOUSE IN WEST CORNER OF THE CHURCHYARD, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Kenton
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 95741 83312
Details
KENTON HIGH STREET, Kenton SX 98 SE
6/231 House in west corner of the churchyard
GV II
Small house, possibly 2 dwellings. Mid late C19. Red sandstone ashlar with stone dressings; slate roof with crested ridge tiles, gabled at ends with curly barge boards; front lateral stack with tall stone shafts, rear lateral stack, left end stack with stone shaft. Gothic. Plan: Sited in the west corner of the churchyard. An L plan block facing High Street with a porch in the angle with front doors into each block. A single storey rear wing faces the churchyard and is sited within it. Exterior: 2 storey main block, single-storey rear wing. Asymmetrical 1 window front to High Street, gabled to the front at the left, set back to the right. Pretty open timber Gothic porch in angle between the blocks with C19 plank front doors. I ground floor 3-light transomed casement to the left with a cranked head, similar 2-light first floor casement above. The block to the right is blind except for the front door with a projecting lateral stack with set-offs. The right return (facing into the church yard) is gabled to the left with transomed windows similar to those on the High Street elevation, similar windows to rear elevation. The rear wing has one doorway and 3 1-light windows. Interior: Not inspected. A well-preserved building in a crucial position in the village.
Listing NGR: SX9574083314
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 85907
- 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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