Description

BOVEY TRACEY MOREHAMPSTEAD ROAD (south side)
SX 8178 Bovey Tracey
11/77
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4.4.78 Cross Cottage
- II

House. Early C19. Roughcast solid walls, probably of stone. Slated roofs in two
parallel ranges; the front range is known to have been thatched in circa 1836.
Rendered chimneystacks in all 4 gables. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys. Symmetrical
south-east front, 3 windows wide with centre doorway. Original wooden windows
throughout; 2-light casements in second storey, 2-light French windows in ground
storey. Each light straight-headed but with pointed arch to the glazing; small
square panes with a pair of pointed arches at the top. Similar doorway with double
doors, these having a flush wood panel in lower part of each door. North-west
front has ordinary 8-paned sashes.
Interior: not inspected, but wooden open-well staircase with square-section
balusters and shaped step-ends opens off south-east doorway.
Source: sketch by Annie Croker (Devon Record Office, 2160A Add. 14/PZI, p.9).

Listing NGR: SX8143378821

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26389702

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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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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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)