Description

NEWTON ABBOT

SX8472 HIGHWEEK VILLAGE, Highweek
1012-1/5/170 (South side)
Greenwood Cottage

GV II

House. C16 or C17, altered c1800.
MATERIALS: painted roughcast, slate roof hipped to the left
with an external stack to the left return and a ridge stack at
the junction of the rear wing.
PLAN: 3-unit through-passage plan with a rear wing.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 3-window range. Early C19 banded
pilasters; C19 horned 3/6-pane sash windows to the first floor
and two 3-light 4-pane casements to the ground floor. To left
of centre is a C19 planked porch with a thatched roof and a
C20 door. The rubblestone left return has a timber lintel to a
2-light first-floor casement window.
The rear wing (formerly single-storey) has a C20 first floor;
close to the angle, on the first floor of the main block is a
small one-light window. The pebble-paved forecourt is c1800.
INTERIOR: the interior divisions are timber-framed lathe and
plaster. The room to the ground-floor right has ten exposed
joists and an open fire to the rear with rubblestone jambs and
an oak lintel. The room to the left has an early C18
cyma-moulded moulded cornice and 2-panel door and a c1800
half-glazed door the left. The straight staircase has oak
treads, wide horizontal planking to the stud wall below and
c1800 stick balusters and mahogany handrail . The roof is
known to have pegged joints. The butcher's shop to the right
has a stone-flagged through passage, the door to the rear is
early C18 with 2 raised-and-fielded panels and a 6-pane
overlight. A raised platform to the rear right of the passage
has evidence of a former staircase with a pintle to a former
door at the base, and a timber lintel to barred painted-over
window to the rear.
Documents of 1508 and 1608 are alleged to exist.

Listing NGR: SX8470772005

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548332

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