Description

SHEBBEAR
SS 40 NW
6/72 Shebbear College - eastern range
- (former printing works)
GV II
College building, reputedly originally the printing works to the Bible Christian
training college founded on the site in 1841 to which period the building apparently
dates. Rendered walls. Gable-ended slate roof.
Plan: L-shaped plan with single storey range adjoining road to north-east and 2-
storey larger block at right angles to south-west.
Exterior: 2 storeys to front range, 1-storey to rear wing. 2 storey range has
asymmetrical 3-window front of circa early C20 16-pane sashes with 2 possibly
original Venetian windows below. Round arched doorway at left end. To right are
C20 wooden steps leading to 1st floor doorway. Right end wall has large Venetian
window on 1st floor and probably contemporary tripartite sash window below. Single
storey wing behind right-hand end has 4 original 12-pane sash windows on outer face
with Gothic glazing.
Interior: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS4499609490

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26456124

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)