Description

SILVERTON FORE STREET (west side),
SS 90 SE
Silverton
7/238 No. 27
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5.4.66
GV II
Large house. C18 or early C19 with some C17 work visible in rear wing. Probably
plastered cob with stone footings. Hipped thatched roof. The house appears to
conform to a 3-room through-passage plan and might be an C18 remodelling of an older
building. 2-storeys with attic dormers. Right hand end stack, and internal rear
lateral stack; brick shaft.
Front: 8-window range. First floor windows, all the same, C 19 2-light, 10 leaded
panes per light; ground floor with main porch, to the right of centre reeded
pilasters and moulded cornice; a late C19 entrance to the left, moulded canopy (on
shaped brackets) continued to form lintel of adjacent windows; 5 other windows (early
C19), 2-lights with margin panes. Left hand end with one 2-light window to each
floor. Rear wing with 3-light ovolo-moulded window.
Interior: mainly C19, including well stair and some other joinery; the roof trusses
sit well down in wall; apex carpentry not visible. It is possible that the roof is
as early as the late C17.

Listing NGR: SS9559703035

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26400503

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