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DARTMOUTH

SX8751 RIDGE HILL 673-1/5/210 (South side) 23/10/72 Nos.9, 11, 13 AND 13A and attached front boundary railings (Formerly Listed as: RIDGE HILL (South side) Nos.9 AND 11; 13 AND 13A)

GV II

House, now flats. Early/mid C18, refurbished in the C19, some C20 alterations. Painted Flemish-bond red brick, some plastered stone rubble to rear; stacks with rendered brick chimneyshafts; slate roof. PLAN: front block built along the street, down the hill, with 2- or 3-room plan and, at the right (uphill) end another one-room section set back slightly from the main front. Main block is double-depth with former service rooms rear left. Main entrance to right of main block to a former cross passage. The right end section (Nos 13 and 13A) certainly has C18 origins but the upper section was built in the C19. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attics and half-basement, the right end bay is 3 storeys. Main block with a regular 1:2:1-window front of late C19 horned 4-pane sashes. Basement and ground-floor windows all have low segmental brick arches and all, except ground-floor left window, have projecting brick keystones. First-floor windows have flat brick arches. Left-hand basement doorway, to No.9, behind late C19 lean-to porch; 6-panel door with faceted panels alongside a 4-light window with margin glazing and coloured corner panes. Main doorway at right end, to No.11, up steps from the road; brick segmental arch with keystone, like the windows, contains original bead-moulded frame and overlight containing probably replacement top-glazed 8-panel door. Plat bands at ground- and first-floor levels. Coved plaster eaves cornice. Roof in 2 sections; hipped section over right 3-window section containing a front flat-roofed dormer, and another section to left, gabled to right and hipped to left. All apexes have C19 terracotta finials. Right-end one-window front with same style to ground and first floors. Second-floor large canted bay window containing sashes without glazing bars. Deep eaves to hipped roof. INTERIOR: Only a small part was inspected. It was mostly the result of C20 modernisation but the basic layout and some of the joinery was original. There is, for instance, plain 2-height panelling along right side of the passage which is probably fielded on the other side (but is hidden). Some fielded panelling is exposed at the back end of the passage. More C18 features are suspected elsewhere despite obviously extensive C20 modernisation. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Late C19 cast-iron boundary railings with ornate spear-headed finials along the front between the porch and steps contains a gate at left end. Similar railings fencing the steps and platform to the main door. One of a good group of varied listed buildings at the bottom of Ridge Hill.

Listing NGR: SX8782751680

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