Description

ASHBURTON

SX7569 NORTH STREET
849-1/10/103 (West side)
10/05/73 No.1

II

House and shop. Late medieval, front remodelled and rear range
added C18 or early C19. Rendered walls (ground floor rear wall
and gable walls in roof space certainly of stone rubble);
traces of lining to imitate masonry on upper storey front.
Slated roof. Rendered chimney on right gable of front roof
span. Parallel ranges 2 rooms wide with chimney in each gable
wall. 2 storeys, 2 windows wide. Ground storey has centre
pent-roof across whole front. Upper storey windows have barred
sashes, 8-paned, the right-hand window with 2-paned side
sashes.
Interior: Ground storey has partitions removed. Chamfered
cross-beam with stepped stops; some original joists about 15
cms wide survive. Upper floor right-hand chimney piece is
mid-C19 with flanking pilasters and contemporary round-headed
iron grate. 4-bay medieval roof with gable trusses. Only the
feet of the second truss from left survive. Remainder complete
with threaded purlins, mortice and tenoned-cranked collars,
tenons for ashlar posts (only one apparently survives); gouged
carpenter's marks; no ridge. Timbers smoke-blackened probably
from an open hearth. Rear roof span much rebuilt, but has one
C18 or early C19 truss with collar pegged to its face.

Listing NGR: SX7556969887

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502566

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014