Description

SX 79 SW DREWSTEIGNTON

5/36 Drewston House

II

House. Circa 1830 - 40, parts may be earlier. Plastered cob on stone rubble
footings stone rubble up to first floor level in the main block; stone rubble stacks
topped with plastered brick; thatch roof, slate to rear and outbuildings.
Plan: 1-shaped building. The main block faces east. It has a 2-room plan with
central entrance hall and main staircase. These are the principal rooms and have
gable-end stacks. Integral outshots across the rear. Service rooms on left end;
first a 2-room block, lower than the main block, on the same axis but set back
slightly from the front of it. It has a gable-end kitchen stack backing onto a
crosswing (even lower) projecting forward. 2 storeys.
Exterior: tall main block has a symmetrical 4-window front of original ground floor
12-pane sashes and first floor 9-pane sashes. Central doorway contains the original
part-glazed 4-panel door behind a flat-roofed porch with fluted Doric columns and
moulded entablature. Porch stands on a flight of granite steps. Each end of this
front have flat stucco pilasters. Plain eaves on a series of shaped timber brackets
and the original gutter has cast iron lions head joints. Roof is tall, steeply-
pitched and gable-ended. The kitchen section has a nearly symmetrical 2-window
section containing 3 sashes with margin panes and a central 6-panel door. The
service crosswing contains casements with glazing bars.
Interior: has been very little modernised since the C19 and contains most of its
original joinery and other detail.

Listing NGR: SX7420490835

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26462367

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Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)