Description

PAIGNTON

SX85NE YALBERTON ROAD, Higher Yalberton
1947-1/3/179 (South side)
10/01/75 King William Cottage

GV II

House. Early C17 or earlier origin; c1690s high-quality
remodelling; thoroughly repaired after dereliction in the
1980s.
MATERIALS: Roughcast; roof gabled at ends, thatched to front
of ridge, slated to rear; stacks with tall rebuilt stone
rubble shafts.
PLAN: 3-room and passage plan, with stairs rising to rear of
passage, which is to right of centre, rear outshuts. Left-hand
room heated from left end stack, centre room and right-hand
room heated from rear lateral stacks, unusual arrangement of
separate, diagonally-set stack to heat first floor room right.
The arrangement of the rooms is unusual, with a
dining-room/parlour at the left end, a parlour at the right
end and apparently a hall or kitchen in the centre. The attic
was evidently used for accommodation at one time, although the
stair to the attic no longer exists.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 5-window front. Recessed
6-panel front door with lead drip ledge. All windows C20
timber 3-light casements with glazing bars except the
right-hand pair which has C18 two-light 12-pane sashes. Right
return has a C17 two-light ovolo-moulded mullioned window at
attic level.
INTERIOR: Paved passage (left-hand partition moved late
1980s). The kitchen, in the centre, has a complete pitched
stone floor; open fireplace with rough stone lintel and
sandstone jambs. Good c1700 panelled door with horizontal
panel to parlour, at left end. This has a plain fireplace with
rounded corner and timber lintel. Decorative moulded plaster
oval of c1700 on ceiling, central rose temporarily removed.
Pretty timber display cupboard with panelled doors and shell
back is also of the same date. Right-hand room has original
shutters and a late C18 panelled door with a matching cupboard
door on the end wall. Stair with stick balusters and a ramped
pine handrail. First-floor ceiling removed in left-hand room.
Roof: Remains of side-pegged jointed cruck roof, crucks intact
to front of ridge, left-hand end re-roofed following a
collapse.

Listing NGR: SX8659659043

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26581017

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)