Description

WIDECOMBE-IN- VENTON
SX 77 NW THE-MOOR
2/259 St Michael's, St Gabriel
23.8.55 and St Anthonys (formerly
listed as Anchorage)
GV II

Row of 3 cottages, possibly a single farmhouse originally. C16 or C17 with
additions at rear and at right-hand end. Granite rubble. Asbestos-slated roof. 3
large, old chimneystacks, one on left gable, 2 on centre of ridge and towards right-
hand end. Right-hand stack is of exposed granite with tapered top; the others are
rendered. Single-depth plan. 2 storeys. 6 windows wide. Windows mostly C19
casements with glazing-bars, except for C20 metal casements at St Gabriel and in
ground storey of St Anthonys. All 3 cottages have old plank doors with inserted
windows. St Michaels has a gabled stone porch; the other 2 cottages have adjoining
doors with a single lean-to hood above.
Interior: St Michaels has chamfered beams. Winding staircase beside stack with
slit window in rear wall. Feet of roof-trusses boxed; it is reported that there is
no access to any of the roof-spaces.

Listing NGR: SX7211976072

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26535346

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair