Description

TORQUAY

SX9167 CHURCH ROAD, Barton
885-1/5/322 (West side)
20/11/52 No.42
Lavender Cottage
(Formerly Listed as:
CHURCH ROAD, Barton
Nos.40 AND 42
Lavender Cottage)

GV II

House. Late C18/early C19. Roughcast cob; thatched roof,
gabled at ends. Chimneyshafts not seen on survey.
PLAN: Single-depth plan, 4 rooms wide. Entrance into room to
right of centre, stair rising from what is now the rear wall.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4-window front with front
door to right of centre with an early C19 door with
hollow-chamfered coverstrips and studs. 4 first-floor and 4
ground-floor early C20 3-light casements, 3 panes per light.
The right return has a probably Edwardian oriel window with a
dentil cornice, glazed with high transomed casements.
INTERIOR: Joists of slender scantling designed to take
plaster; boxed in stair; probably C18 wide floorboards. Roof:
Feet of trusses visible on first floor suggest 'A'-frame
trusses.
House was 2 cottages in 1975.

Listing NGR: SX9113567302

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26581146

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House