Description

BUCKFASTLEIGH

SX76SE COLSTON ROAD
1011-1/4/9 (West side)
06/01/83 Colston Cottage

GV II

House, formerly farmhouse. Probably C16 or earlier in origin
with later alterations including probable truncation at right
end and c1920s renovation and rear additions. Roughcast local
stone rubble; thatched roof, hipped at left end and gabled at
right end; left end and rear lateral stacks.
Plan: the main block, end on to the road, is a 2-room plan
with a narrow unheated room at the right end, which has a
thinner external wall than the rest of the house. This room,
which preserves an external door at the front, may have been a
former cross passage, suggesting that the lower end may have
been removed. In c1920s the house was extended to the rear,
the re-roofing is probably also early C20. Front left wing at
right-angles to the main block was probably a former service
room (includes a well), now converted to a kitchen.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2-window front with C20
gabled porches to left and right. 3-light casement windows of
c1700 with C19 leaded panes in geometrical patterns, similar
window on right return with C19 stained glass. The front left
wing is single storey with a hipped roof.
INTERIOR: centre room has chamfered crossbeams, one supported
on a moulded corbel at rear. Fireplace with stone rubble jambs
and high granite lintel with pyramid stops. C19 or C20 stair
rises from within centre room, left hand (inner) room,
probably the parlour, has a C20 fireplace and winder stair to
rear with probable C17 two-light mullioned stair window.
Common rafter C20 roof construction.

Listing NGR: SX7514864683

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580814

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)