Description

SX 6493 - 6593 SOUTH TAWTON SOUTH ZEAL

8/248 Shelley House

GV II

House. Mid C17, modernised in 1986. Plastered cob on stone rubble footings; stone
rubble stack with granite chimneyshaft; thatch roof, corrugated asbestos to rear.
Plan: 2-room plan house facing south. Axial stack serving back-to-back fireplaces
between the rooms and front lobby entrance onto the side of the stack. 2 storeys
with C20 service outshots to rear.
Exterior: irregular 3-window front of late C19 - early C20 horned 4-pane sashes.
Central doorway contains a C20 part-glazed door. Roof is hipped to left and to
right it runs continuously with that of the adjoining house, Shelley Cottage (q.v).
Interior: both fireplaces are blocked but each room has an unstopped ovolo-moulded
crossbeam. Roof of A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars with shaped
halvings.
According to the owners this was a tailors workshop in the C19. South Zeal is
special being one of the few medieval boroughs where a significant number of its C16
and C17 houses still survive.

Listing NGR: SX6534293525

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399928

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair