Description

1.
5180 LEECHWELL STREET
(West Side)
No 9
(Kingsbridge Inn)
SX 7960 3/76A

II GV

2.
Circa 1684, reputedly the oldest inn in Totnes; refronted early C19. 2 storeys.
1 window. Welsh slate roof with gabled front. Old, rendered, masonry stacks. Timber-
framed, plastered front with jettied 1st floor. Limestone rubble party walls with
slate-hung return on west side. Front with architraved sash windows with glazing
bars and shutters; ground floor window with sidelights. Recessed doorway with original
chamfered frame and boarded door with moulded cover-strip panels and wrought iron
hinges. On west side to kitchen, 4 light mullioned window with splayed mouldings
and C19 casements. Interior with chamfered ceiling beams and sections of muntin
and plank partitions. Former kitchen with original, wide masonry fireplace with
chamfered oak lintol with scratched graffito "C II R". Rear 1st floor room (former
principal chamber) with plaster panel over fireplace with "1684" inscribed in rosette
bordered panel flanked by foliated drops.

Listing NGR: SX7997860201

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26529696

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