Description

EAST BUDLEIGH HIGH STREET (west side) East SY 0684 Budleigh 8/85 No. 19 Budleigh House 30.6.61 GV II House. Early C19. Plastered walls, probably cob and stone rubble; brick or stone rubble stacks topped with late C19 and one with contemporary Rolle Estate chimney pots; thatch roof. Double depth plan house facing east onto High Street and comprising a front and back room either side of an entrance hall and stair. There is a rear lateral stack to right (north) and end stack to left (south). The short 1-room rear block projecting at right angles behind the left back room originally extended further but the service rooms there have been demolished and the end wall of this block rebuilt in C20. 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-window front comprising ground floor 4-pane sashes of mid to late C19 date and original first floor 9-pane (3/6) sashes. Central doorway contains original 6-panel door (the top 2 now glazed) and an overlight with a pattern of curving glazing bars. The porch is probably mid to late C19; it is flat roofed with tapering octagonal timber posts with moulded caps and a moulded entablature. The roof runs continuously with that over Church Stile Cottage (q.v.) to right and is hipped to left. The rear block is gable-ended. Mostly C20 casements with glazing bars to rear and the left (southern) end wall is blind. Interior includes a good deal of original joinery detail including an open string stair with stick balusters and mahogany handrail. Budleigh House occupies a prominent corner site facing onto High Street on the uphill side of Hayes Lane. It is one of an attractive and varied group of buildings, most of them listed, which line the High Street as it rises towards the Church of All Saints (q.v.)

Listing NGR: SY0661584847

External Links

• Wikidata Q26389793

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