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Latitude: 50.4682 / 50°28'5"N
Longitude: -3.7901 / 3°47'24"W
OS Eastings: 273056
OS Northings: 64679
OS Grid: SX730646
Mapcode National: GBR QF.RXS6
Mapcode Global: FRA 27YT.H7Y
Plus Code: 9C2RF695+7X
Entry Name: 1 and 2 Higher Dean
Listing Date: 9 February 1961
Last Amended: 27 May 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1325411
English Heritage Legacy ID: 99264
ID on this website: 101325411
Location: Dean, South Hams, Devon, TQ11
County: Devon
District: South Hams
Civil Parish: Dean Prior
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Dean Prior St George the Martyr
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: Building
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DEAN PRIOR
HIGHER DEAN
Nos 1 and 2
(Formerly listed as Simms Cottages)
9-2-61
GV
II
Pair of cottages, originally one house. Circa late C16 to early C17, with later alterations. Rendered columns. Steeply pitched asbestos slate roof, one end gabled, the other half-hipped. No 1's roof to left is slightly lower. Rendered end stacks. Probably three room and through passage plan with stack at either end. Position of hall stack uncertain, but probably axial stack backing onto passage and now truncated below roof. Newel stairs at rear of higher end. One storey and attic. Three window range. C20 two-light casements. No 2 has two C20 racking roof dormers at eaves level. No 1 has lean-to extension at front with catslide roof with C20 porch to No 2 in the angle.
Interior: No 2 has chamfered half beam against higher end wall with bar stop. Other chamfered ceiling beams, one over possible portion of screen to inner room. Fireplace in higher end wall with plan timber lintel. Newel stairs in rear wall at higher end. Roof of No 1 at lower end has three trusses. One complete truss with morticed apex and morticed far collar which is missing, and with three tiers of mortice holes for threaded purlins which are missing. One blade of similar truss, the other blade a later replacement. One more truss with lap-jointed side pegged collar. No2 of higher end has similar but much altered roof, some of the principals have mortices for threaded purlins.
Listing NGR: SX7305664679
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