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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504875

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)