Description

NORTH TAWTON ESSINGTON ROAD
SS 60 SE
North Tawton
13/98 Nos. 27 & 29 Essington
Cottages with attached barn
to east
GV
II
Pair of cottages with attached barn. Early C16 with C17 alterations, probably
divided into 2 in C19. Rendered cob walls. Thatch roof gabled to left end, hipped
to right. One axial brick stack and rendered rubble stack projecting from left
gable end with brick shaft.
Plan: originally 3 rooms with through passage, lower end to the right, open to the
roof at least over the hall which had central hearth. Hall ceiled and fireplace
inserted backing onto passage in circa early C17. Lower end remained unheated but a
fireplace was inserted in the inner room also probably in the C17. The barn beyond
the lower room is probably an C18 addition. When the house was divided into
cottages the lower room was downgraded to outbuilding use.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front. No. 27, left-hand cottage, has
circa early C20 3-light casement on first floor and single light casement below.
C20 gabled porch to left with plank door. Right-hand cottage (No. 29) has 3-light
C20 casements to left on each floor with 2-light window at centre on first floor and
1-light window to left of centre on ground floor. Loading hatch at right-hand end
on first floor. Central C20 porch with part-glazed door. Attached to the house at
the right end is a 1-storey barn with wide central cart entrance.
Interior of No. 29 has chamfered wooden lintel to open fireplace in hall and
chamfered half beam above. Lower room has very heavy cross beam, chamfered with bar
and hollow step stops. At the rear of the passage, now enclosed by a C20 addition,
is an early wooden doorframe with cranked head and heavy plank door.
Roof has been mainly replaced in C20 but over the hall original smoke-blackened
rafters and thatch survive with the remains of one smoke-blackened truss which has
been cut off by the insertion of the stack.

Listing NGR: SS6687501938

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399291

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)