Description

ASHBURTON

SX7570 EASTERN ROAD
849-1/9/86 (North side)
07/08/51 The Hall

GV II

Large house, now flats. 1803. Rendered walls. Hipped slated
roof. Large rendered chimney on each side wall of main range,
with caps formed by projecting slate courses. 2 storeys with
single storeyed wings. 3-window main block; 1-window wings,
the wing to left set back further than the other. Ground
storey windows round-arched with small-paned sashes, the
glazing-bars in the upper sashes curved to form round-headed
and pointed panes. 6-paned sashes in upper storey of main
range. Above the windows in the wings, round-arched,
semi-circular niches, containing busts said to be of Byron and
Scott. Main range has eaves-cornice with paired brackets.
Wings have tall parapets disguising roofs.
Interior: not inspected, but Cherry and Pevsner mention
'Polygonal entrance hall, with bust of the builder, Mr Tucker,
by P Olivieri, 1828. Staircase with one fluted and one twisted
baluster to each tread.'
(The Buildings of England: Cherry B: Devon: London: 1989-:
P133).

Listing NGR: SX7598570161

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26496751

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Recommended Books

• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
• 
  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)