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Nos 47 and 48 Including Slaughterhouse to Rear and Walls of Rear Plot

A Grade II Listed Building in Buckfastleigh, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.4814 / 50°28'53"N

Longitude: -3.7776 / 3°46'39"W

OS Eastings: 273976

OS Northings: 66135

OS Grid: SX739661

Mapcode National: GBR QG.Y188

Mapcode Global: FRA 27ZS.G3B

Plus Code: 9C2RF6JC+HX

Entry Name: Nos 47 and 48 Including Slaughterhouse to Rear and Walls of Rear Plot

Listing Date: 6 January 1983

Last Amended: 30 December 1993

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1209063

English Heritage Legacy ID: 392279

ID on this website: 101209063

Location: Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, TQ11

County: Devon

District: Teignbridge

Civil Parish: Buckfastleigh

Built-Up Area: Buckfastleigh

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Buckfastleigh

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description


BUCKFASTLEIGH

SX7366 FORE STREET 1011-1/6/85 (North side) 06/01/83 Nos.47 AND 48 including slaughterhouse to rear and walls of rear plot (Formerly Listed as: FORE STREET (North side) No.47)

GV II

House with shop, including former slaughterhouse to rear. House probably late C18 with C20 shop front; C19 slaughterhouse. Upper storey painted and slate hung, possibly on timber frame, rear elevation local grey limestone rubble; natural slate roof, gabled at ends; end stacks with rendered shafts and platbands; cast-iron rainwater goods. Plan: double-depth main block, 2 rooms wide, the ground floor gutted for C20 shop use. Modernised rear right wing connects shop to former slaughterhouse in rear courtyard. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. 3-window front. Ground floor consists of late C20 plate-glass shop front with C20 recessed door to accommodation to left. 3 first-floor late C18 or early C19 12-pane sashes with moulded frames. Attic dormer with 2-light casement window. Rear elevation preserves 2 first-floor 16-pane hornless sashes with stone arches. Small rectangular partly lofted slaughterhouse to rear of local grey limestone rubble. INTERIOR: ground floor of main block modernised. Slaughterhouse retains local Ashburton limestone paving and roof construction of C19 character. The building preserves carcase hooks and a large timber drum pulley, presumably for slaughtering, and is a rare survival in an urban context.

Listing NGR: SX7397666135

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