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Bridge House

A Grade II Listed Building in Thorverton, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.8087 / 50°48'31"N

Longitude: -3.5259 / 3°31'33"W

OS Eastings: 292585

OS Northings: 102128

OS Grid: SS925021

Mapcode National: GBR LG.Y8LK

Mapcode Global: FRA 36HY.Q67

Plus Code: 9C2RRF5F+FJ

Entry Name: Bridge House

Listing Date: 28 August 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1240701

English Heritage Legacy ID: 439204

ID on this website: 101240701

Location: Thorverton, Mid Devon, EX5

County: Devon

District: Mid Devon

Civil Parish: Thorverton

Built-Up Area: Thorverton

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Thorverton St Thomas of Canterbury

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

Tagged with: House Thatched cottage

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Description


SS 90 SW
8/141

THORVERTON
JERICHO STREET (north side)
Bridge House

5.4.66

GV
II
House and shop. C18 and probably earlier. Whitewashed and rendered; thatched roof with plain ridge, gabled at ends, hipped to two storey porch; thatch replaced by slates to rear of ridge; left end brick stack, stack with brick shaft to first floor front projection the centre; front door to house to the left, the accommodation extending in a rear left wing at right angles to the main range. In the centre a two storey porch room on timber posts projects over the pavement. The porch, dated 1763 with the initials PW1, may be an addition to an earlier building.

Two storeys. Asymmetrical front; one window to the left of the porch, two to the right, C20 shop window and shop door in the centre below the porch which is carried on four timber posts. C19 panelled front door with rectangular fanlight. Variety of timber sashes with glazing bars.

Interior not inspected but may have features of interest.

Bridge House, with its picturesque front elevation is in a crucial position in the centre of Thorverton.

Listing NGR: SS9258502128

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