Description

ASHBURTON

SX7569 NORTH STREET
849-1/10/118 (East side)
No.20

GV II

House with shop. C16, heightened and refronted late C19; rear
wing added C20. Solid rendered front wall, probably of brick
(wall top visible in roof space). Rear wall of stone rubble.
Slated roof. 2 rendered chimneys on rear wall. Front range 2
rooms wide on upper floor, each room with rear stack; possibly
the surviving portion of a larger C16 house. Rear wing to
left; C20, possibly incorporating or replacing an earlier
structure. 2 storeys. 2 windows wide. C20 shop front. Plain
sashes above. Interior: altered, although early fireplaces and
other features are likely to be concealed under plaster. Roof
has been heightened with kingpost-and-ridge trusses, but 4
early trusses remain underneath. To left, 2 trusses (probably
C16) with cranked collars, morticed and tenoned to the
principals; threaded purlins with pegs for common rafters, no
ridge; no smoke blackening. To right 2 probably late C17 or
early C18 trusses: plainer, without collars.

Listing NGR: SX7555269941

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26496762

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