Description

BARNSTAPLE

SS5534SE BULL HILL, Pilton
684-1/2/321 (South side)
31/12/73 Pilton Abbey

GV II

House. c1840s, probably with an earlier core. Mass wall
construction, rendered; one stone rubble elevation to service
end; gabled, coped slate roofs (one hipped roof to service
wing, which might be earlier); stacks with rendered shafts,
some multiple, with projecting cornices and some old pots;
cast-iron rainwater goods. Large, deep, approximately
rectangular plan with entrance on the east side and service
wings to NW.
3 storeys. Deep eaves with projecting rafter ends. Timber
mullioned windows with moulded mullions and high transoms,
glazed with small-pane casements. Asymmetrical 3-window E
front. Left-hand of elevation occupied by shallow projecting
stack with set-offs and triple shafts. Projecting porch
alongside to right with coped gable with corbelled kneelers
and chamfered Tudor arched outer doorway; Tudor-style front
door with planted mouldings. 2 ground and 3 first-floor
windows, the ground-floor windows with hoodmoulds. One gabled
attic dormer in narrow gable, also coped with kneelers, with
one-light crank-headed window. Service block to right is gable
end to the E with a single first-floor 2-light window to match
the others and a gable end stack.
Garden (S) elevation in the same style is gabled to the front
to left and right with a small gable to the narrow recessed
bay in the centre. Shallow ground-floor bays to left and right
with hipped roofs, glazed with 3-light windows. 2-storey
canted bay in centre with half-glazed garden door and bay
window to first floor. Second-floor window above bay is a
one-light crank-headed window. Outer bays have 3-light
first-floor windows and 2-light attic windows in the gables.
Other elevations preserve early C19 windows including at least
one 16-pane sash which may be C18.
INTERIOR: not seen on survey but known to contain early C19
chimneypieces and joinery.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the building was never part of a monastic
site. It was known as Lee's tenement in the C17 and C18. It
was a large house by 1780, and was named Pilton Abbey by 1866.
(Reed MA: Pilton, its Past and Present: Barnstaple: 1985-:
159-60).

Listing NGR: SS5562234099

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26664885

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings