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Latitude: 50.5948 / 50°35'41"N
Longitude: -3.6719 / 3°40'18"W
OS Eastings: 281758
OS Northings: 78567
OS Grid: SX817785
Mapcode National: GBR QM.GY23
Mapcode Global: FRA 376H.F9D
Plus Code: 9C2RH8VH+W6
Entry Name: Front House Guest House
Listing Date: 23 August 1955
Last Amended: 3 July 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1165774
English Heritage Legacy ID: 84508
ID on this website: 101165774
Location: Bovey Tracey, Teignbridge, Devon, TQ13
County: Devon
District: Teignbridge
Civil Parish: Bovey Tracey
Built-Up Area: Bovey Tracey
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Bovey Tracey St Peter, St Paul and St Thomas
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: House
SX 8178 BOVEY TRACEY EAST STREET (south side),
Bovey Tracey
11/65 Front House Guest House
- (formerly listed as Front House
23.8.55 and Cottage)
GV II
Guest house, originally a private house. Early C19, probably incorporating part of
a C16 or C17 building; later addition to left. Solid, roughcast walls, probably
of stone. Tarred slated roofs with clay ridge-tiles; on older part of front range
most ridge-tiles are handmade with low crests. Brick chimneys (the left-hand one
partly rebuilt in C20) on each gable of older front range and on left-hand gable of
the addition. Front range has 2 rooms of equal size, originally with through
passage between them; parlour wing at rear on right-hand side, longer kitchen
wing, including staircase, at rear to left. 2 storeys. Roughly symmetrical 3-
window front; all windows with sashes, of 6 panes in ground storey, and 8 panes in
second storey. Central doorway has wooden doorcase with flanking pilasters and
flat hood on shaped brackets. 6-panel door, the 2 top panels now glazed. 2
windows at either side of doorway. Addition'to left has no windows. Rear wings
retain most of their C19 casements.
Interior: both front rooms and room in parlour wing on ground storey have early
C19 wood chimneypieces; that in left-hand front room with moulded architrave,
fluted half-pilasters, pulvinated frieze with centre plaque, and cornice. Right-
hand room has chimney-piece with plain pilasters and dentilled cornice; ceiling-
beams chamfered, one with a run-out stop. Wooden open-well staircase, at junction
of main range with kitchen wing, has cut strings with thin square-section
balusters. Roof not inspected.
Little Front House and Rose Cottage, also part of Front House Guest House, are
separately listed.
Listing NGR: SX8175878567
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