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Wistaria and Attached Front Walls

A Grade II Listed Building in Crediton, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.7916 / 50°47'29"N

Longitude: -3.6664 / 3°39'59"W

OS Eastings: 282639

OS Northings: 100440

OS Grid: SS826004

Mapcode National: GBR L8.ZGYZ

Mapcode Global: FRA 3760.3FH

Plus Code: 9C2RQ8RM+JC

Entry Name: Wistaria and Attached Front Walls

Listing Date: 19 March 1951

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1209827

English Heritage Legacy ID: 387134

ID on this website: 101209827

Location: West Town, Mid Devon, EX17

County: Devon

District: Mid Devon

Civil Parish: Crediton

Built-Up Area: Crediton

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Crediton

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description


CREDITON

SS826000 WESTERN ROAD 672-1/5/179 (South side) 19/03/51 Wistaria and attached front walls

GV II

Small urban villa. Circa 1820, said to have been converted from 3 weavers' cottages (old list description). Roughcast cob; slate roof with serrated timber canopy to the eaves and verges; rear lateral and axial stacks with brick shafts. Plan: L-plan: a single depth main block, 2 rooms wide with a central entrance passage.Rear wing,2 rooms on plan, of possible earlier origins. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4-bay front with regular bays treated as 2-storey recesses with plain pilasters and segmental arched heads. Front door in bay to left of centre: doorcase with pilasters on moulded bases withan entablature with a triglyph frieze and dentil moulding below the flat porch hood with a reeded cornice. Small statue of a unicorn on top of porch hood. The other bays have early C19 16-pane windows to the first floor and French windows with margin panes. The left return has a mixture of casements and sashes: tiled porch canopy to doorway. The right return has early C19 sash windows and a serrated timber eaves canopy matching the front elevation. Coped brick garden wall to the front with chamfered granite gate piers with pyramidal caps. The wall matches one to the gardens of Astolat and Woodside (q.v.), the neighbouring houses to the west. Interior: contains original joinery.

Listing NGR: SS8263900440

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