Description

LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH

SS7149 WATERSMEET ROAD, Lynmouth
858-1/4/91 (West side)
03/09/73 No.12
Orchard House and attached front
boundary wall
(Formerly Listed as:
LYNTON
WATERSMEET ROAD
No.12
Orchard House)

GV II

Hotel. Early to mid C19. Rendered, slate roof. L-plan block
set with the gable of the long wing to the street; a further
gabled range is set parallel to this and slightly back to the
left; entrance is in the internal angle. The building is set
against the excavated rock at the back.
2 storeys, attic and part basement, all windows are wood
casements, with mullions and transoms, mainly with horizontal
bars, but 4 with small-pane glazing. To the street, left, is a
small 2-light above 3-light, and small-pane 2-light to the
ground floor. Here also the lower wall contains 2 arched
openings with doors to the basement level. This wing has a
roof with unequal pitches, and has probably been raised by one
floor. The main gable, with decorative barge-board, has
2-light casements at each level, that to the ground floor
coming down to floor level.
The return face has two 2-lights with small panes above a
vanted one-storey bay with hipped roof. In the corner is an
octagonal porch with a C20 door on the splayed face. The
returned narrow wing has a hipped end over a canted corner, to
the front and on the diagonal face there is a 2-light above
the same, taken to floor level at the ground floor. A valley
stack, and a further eaves stack to the rear of the back wing.
INTERIOR not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: across the whole width of the site,
projecting to the right of the gabled ends, is a painted
rubble wall approx 1.5m high, with a small iron gate at the
right-hand end; 9 steps lead to the slightly raised level at
which the house is set.
One of a series of C19 hotels in this street. Included for
group value.

Listing NGR: SS7247749321

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26496904

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Old House Care and Repair