Description

SX 47 NW MILTON ABBOT THE PARADE, Milton Abbot

10/265 Nos 14-17 (consec)
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GV II

4 adjoining estate village cottages. Designed in 1909 by Sir Edwin Lutyens for the
Duke of Bedford and forming part of the planned village centre of Milton Abbot.
Local stone rubble with a slate roof laid in diminishing courses and hipped at ends,
the eaves swept out over stone corbelled courses and broken by small hipped half-
dormers. 3 short stone stacks on ridge, stone stacks at ends, 1 to a gabled
projection at the north end. Vernacular revival. 3 cottages face south, 1 faces
north forming an L plan. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 9-window south elevation with deep
eaves picturesquely grouped fenestration and regularly spaced front doors with
integral rectangular fanlights under horizontal canopies carried on timber brackets.
The timber jambs of the doorways arec hamfered and stopped. The ground floor windows
are three 4-light canted bays and three 3-light casements, 2-panes per light under
flat stone arches. The first floor windows are small 3-light casements under the
eaves and half-dormers with 2-light casements, 2-panes per light with hipped slate
roofs. The east elevation has similar fenestration.
Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX4065079284

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26603532

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)