Description

BUCKFASTLEIGH

SX7366 FORE STREET
1011-1/6/82 (South side)
06/01/83 No.40
(Formerly Listed as:
FORE STREET
(South side)
No.40
Buckfastleigh Dairy)

GV II

House with shop. c1775-1800 perhaps a remodelling of an
earlier building. Mass wall construction, stuccoed and blocked
out; asbestos slate roof, gabled at right end; stacks not seen
on survey; cast-iron rainwater goods. Plan: double-depth plan,
one room wide with a room over the cartway to the right.
Ground-floor plan altered for shop use. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys.
Asymmetrical 3-window front. Eaves cornice with modillion
frieze. Doorway to left, doorcase with panelled pilasters and
entablature with roundels. Glazed C20 door with overlight. C19
shop window to right with panelled pilasters with triglyph
brackets and cornice with modillion frieze. 3-light window
with moulded frame and mullions. Cartway to right curves round
to rear of building and includes one section of probably C18
chamfered crossbeams supporting wide floorboards. INTERIOR:
ground floor altered in C20. Features of interest may survive
elsewhere.

Listing NGR: SX7394466105

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580819

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas