Description

CHULMLEIGH FORE STREET (east side),
SS 6814 - 6914
Chulmleigh
7/74 Stucley House and Tossells House
(A.E. Kingdom Ltd and West of
England Building Society)
GV II
2 adjoining houses, incorporating shop to left end office to right, possibly at one
time in single occupation. Early C19 facade but rear possibly retains some earlier
fabric. Rendered stone rubble and some cob to rear. Bitumenized slate roof, hipped
at right end.
Plan: both houses have entrance passages to left of single front room; both
originally ran through to rear courtyards but that to Stucley House has had staircase
inserted towards the rear. Tossells House to right is 2 rooms deep, the front room
used as office and heated by gable end stack, the rear room heated by rear lateral
stack. The internal divisions between the front and rear rooms of Stucley House have
been removed, the entire ground floor used as shop. Both houses have rear ranges
forming overall L-shaped plans; that to Tossells House contains staircase in front
left-hand corner with kitchen at rear heated by gable end stack, that to Stucley
House now used as office and store rooms, was originally a kitchen with store room
over, with 2 lateral stacks on the right-hand (rear) wall, 1 of brick, the rear one
capped. Both rear ranges appear to be C19.
Exterior: 3 storeys. 5 window range. 3 over 6 paned sashes to upper storey, 12
paned sashes to first floor. Stucley House has double-fronted late C19 or early C20
shop window incorporating second doorway at left end to entrance passage with 6
panelled door, the upper 4 panels glazed. Dentilled frieze to plain entablature and
pilasters. Tossells House has large shop window with pilasters and window
of 4 large panes with plain fascia. 5 panelled door to the left, the upper panels
glazed.
Interiors: largely altered in C20 but both houses retain some C19 joinery to the
upper storeys and C19 dado panelling entrance passage of Tossells House.

Listing NGR: SS6873814219

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26445547

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)