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Taw Vale Terrace Rear Yard and Garden Walls and Adjoining Stable Block

A Grade II Listed Building in Crediton, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.7844 / 50°47'3"N

Longitude: -3.6476 / 3°38'51"W

OS Eastings: 283952

OS Northings: 99612

OS Grid: SX839996

Mapcode National: GBR L9.ZV20

Mapcode Global: FRA 3770.QSB

Plus Code: 9C2RQ9M2+QX

Entry Name: Taw Vale Terrace Rear Yard and Garden Walls and Adjoining Stable Block

Listing Date: 10 November 1972

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1269763

English Heritage Legacy ID: 460432

ID on this website: 101269763

Location: Fordton, Mid Devon, EX17

County: Devon

District: Mid Devon

Civil Parish: Crediton

Built-Up Area: Crediton

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Crediton

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description



CREDITON

SS8399 STATION ROAD
672-1/4/159 (West side)
10/11/72 1 & 2 Taw Vale Terrace rear yard
and garden walls and adjoining
stable block

GV II

2 adjoining houses including garden walls and stable blocks,
the left hand pair of four built together. Erected on land
bought by the Taw Valley Railway Company in 1830 (information
from the owner of No 1) and probably part of the same
development that includes the Railway Inn (q.v). Local
volcanic trap rubble, the front elevation stuccoed, the
remainder roughcast; slate roofs; stacks with brick shafts.
Plan: each is L-plan, 2 rooms wide with a central entrance and
a centre rear lavatory projection. Outer rear service wings at
right angles roofed parallel to the main blocks.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Each villa has a symmetrical 3-bay east
front with deep eaves carried on brackets. No 4 has a plain
clasping pilaster at the left end, No 3 has rusticated quoins.
Each has a central Tuscan doorcase (matching the Railway Inn,
part of the same development) with panelled reveals and steps
up to 6-panel front doors, the lower panels flush, the upper
panels glazed. Original sash windows throughout, 16-pane
except for first floor centre, which is 12-pane. The outer
returns with 2 gables are also very complete with original
sash windows and panelled doors to the services with doorcases
with pilasters and flat porch hoods. Rear centre stair
windows, cut across by the stair are small-pane with margin
glazing. The enclosed rear service yards are also very
complete with tall unrendered local volcanic trap walls with
rear doorways which lead to the walled rear gardens, each with
a doorway off Four Mills Lane. 2 stable blocks adjoin the
service wing of No 3 at the rear. They are roofed parallel to
the carriageway, each with a carriage door and 2 loft doors
over. The carriageway retains the remnants of pitched stone
paving.
Interior: No 4 only inspected. Very complete internally with
decorated plaster cornices and decorated plasterwork to the
arches at the end of the entrance passage and into the service
wing. Original joinery includes skirtings, panelled doors and
shutters. Marble chimney-piece to front left room. Stick
baluster stair with a mahogany handrail. Comparison with the
details of No 1 (q.v) indicates that each villa was fitted out
with slightly different details.
An unusually complete pair: the survival of the overall plan
of the development, along with Nos 1 & 2 and all the ancillary
walls and stables, is particularly rare.


Listing NGR: SX8395299612

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