Description

SS 4836-4936 BRAUNTON SOUTH STREET, Braunton

12/107 Nos. 30 and 32
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- II

2 houses adjoining, formerly one farmhouse. C16 or earlier. Heavy render to No.
30, roughcast rendered to No. 32. Rubble and cob with pantiled roof gable end to
right hipped to left. Rubble and brick stack at left end and large lateral stack to
front with offsets and extended tapered cap. Possibly originally 3-cell plan but
internal divisions much altered. 2 storey, 5 window range. No. 30 has C20 door to
left of stack. C20 casement and 3-light casement (4 panes each light) over 2 timber
sashes with marginal glazing bars to right. No. 32 has two 2-light casements that
to right inserted in former larger opening over sash with marginal glazing bars each
side of C20 half-glazed door. Interesting 4-stage roof structure with smoke-
blackened truss with heavy straight principals threaded purlins and ridge purlin
over former open hall. Later covered in with lath and plaster partition to form
dividing wall between the 2 dwellings. 3 probably C18 trusses of light scantling at
upper end. 2 further replacements at lower end in C19 with carpenters marks, the
entire structure raised in C20 to form continuous roof line. Plain moulded cornice
to chamber over hall otherwise interior much altered.

Listing NGR: SS4876836416

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26596348

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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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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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)