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3, Fore Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Morchard Bishop, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.8552 / 50°51'18"N

Longitude: -3.7499 / 3°44'59"W

OS Eastings: 276921

OS Northings: 107641

OS Grid: SS769076

Mapcode National: GBR L4.VKTJ

Mapcode Global: FRA 361V.0WV

Plus Code: 9C2RV742+32

Entry Name: 3, Fore Street

Listing Date: 26 August 1965

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1250481

English Heritage Legacy ID: 432864

ID on this website: 101250481

Location: Morchard Bishop, Mid Devon, EX17

County: Devon

District: Mid Devon

Civil Parish: Morchard Bishop

Built-Up Area: Morchard Bishop

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Morchard Bishop St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description


MORCHARD BISHOP FORE STREET (north-east side)
SS 7607 - 7707
Morchard Bishop
11/149
- No. 3
26.8.65
GV
II

Cottage. C18. Plastered cob on rubble footings; rubble stacks with C20 brick tops;
thatched roof. 2-room plan cottage with central entrance facing south-west set
between Nos 2 and 4 Fore Street (q.v.). End stacks. 2 storeys. Formerly
symmetrical 3-window front of C19 16-pane sashes now with C20 French window on
ground floor left. Central doorway now contains C20 glazed door and zinc-roofed
monopitch hood on plain posts.
Interior has plain carpentry detail. This cottage is slightly larger than most of
its neighbours. It is one of a row of 13 cottages which together form the longest
continuous run of thatch-roofed buildings in Devon, and probably the longest run in
England.


Listing NGR: SS7692107641

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