Description

HOLNE -
SX 76 NW

4/182 Tumbly
-
- II

Country cottage. 1926 by Fred Harrild of Totnes a pupil of Lutyens. East and west
wings added in 1930s and west wing extended in 1952. Rendered stone. Thatched
hipped roof at various levels with deep eaves with boarded soffits. The eaves rise
as eyebrows over some of the windows. Rendered chimney-stacks with slated weather-
ing. Picturesque vernacular revival style. Asymmetrical plan and elevations.
Principally a central block of 2 storeys and attic with higher hipped roof from
which rises a stack off-centre below ridge. Lower projecting single storey wings on
east, west and south sides, each with hipped roof. The east and west wings are
additions of 1930s and the west wing was extended on its north side in 1952 with a
higher hipped roof of thatch to match the rest of the house. The north elevation
has a French window with side lights and eyebrow eaves above, ove which is a dormer
within thatch. A lateral chimney-stack to left in lower east wing which has windows
on its 2 corners and a splayed recessed doorway in the angle with the main block.
The west side has asymmetrical elevation, the eaves rising over window with
corbelled slate dripmould, the thatch swept down to left over projection in angle
with west wing with corner window, and narrow back doorway in the angle with the
south wing. Attic dormer in thatch above. The west wing has segmentally curved
eaves over windows on to west and south sides. Timber mullion windows with metal
frame casements with square leaded panes. Plank doors. Interior: Moulded plank
doors. Small brick round arch fireplaces in dining room and attic with moulded
timber mantel shelves. Bronan lived at Tumbly in 1930s and wrote the play Journey's
End by Brown and Sheriff (check). R C Sherriff - Journey's End 1929. Stayed at
Ringmare (S Modlinary) where he wrote Journey's End - stayed at

Listing NGR: SX7088369789

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26401189

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)