Description

SX 47 NW MILTON ABBOT FORE STREET, Milton Abbot

10/231 No 2, Dukes Cottages
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GV II

One of a pair of cottages on a corner site to the north east of the churchyard.
Circa early C19 for the Duke of Bedford. Stone rubble, colourwashed and plastered to
the front with a slate roof gabled at the right end and coped at the left at the
junction with the adjoining cottage. Large projecting stack with set-offs at the
rigth gable end. 1 room wide with an integral outshut. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2-
window front, probably half of what was a symmetrical elevation with the adjoining
cottage which has been altered. Porch on front at left under a catslide roof and
entered at right angles to the main block through a Caernarvon arched doorway. 1-
light casement to porch, 2-light casement window with diamond leaded panes to ground
floor right. First floor window right is a full gable dormer with a 2-light casement
with diamond leaded panes.
Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX4077679279

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399487

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