Description

ASHBURTON

SX7570 EAST STREET 849-1/9/80 (North side) 10/11/72 Nos.83 AND 83A Ireland House including wall to right with letterbox (Formerly Listed as: EAST STREET (North side) Nos.79, 81, 83, 83A)

GV II

House. Mid or late C18, incorporating a house of uncertain date to right, the whole remodelled early or mid C19. Solid rendered walls. Slated roofs. 3 storeys. 4 windows wide. Main house 3 windows wide with raised quoins. Centre doorway with flanking pilasters, fluted frieze, flat hood on shaped brackets; 6-panelled door with reveals to match, the lowest panels flush; cobweb fanlight. 2-paned sashes in plain architraves. Bracketed eaves-cornice. Right-hand section is 1 window wide, each storey with 8-paned sashes in plain architraves. Raised quoins, except to right of ground storey. Front rises to shaped parapet. Curtilage wall to right contains postbox with initials VR. Attached to the front of the building is a slate plaque inscribed: IRELAND HOUSE Given to Ashburton Grammar School by John Ireland (1761-1841) Dean of Westminster for the headmaster. Later extended by Brown Paige for boarding pupils. Restored by Teignbridge District Council 1978.

Listing NGR: SX7591270073

External Links

• Wikidata Q26571788

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)