Description

CHUDLEIGH FORE STREET (west side), Chudleigh
SX 8679
6/55 Tireh
-
II

House, formerly schoolmaster's house. Circa 1860. Local grey limestone with
freestone dressings; bitumen - painted slate roof, gabled at ends with crested ridge
tiles; 3 stone stacks with stone shafts, principal stack lateral with set-offs.
L plan Tudor-style house with a front door in the angle between the blocks.
2 storeys. 1 + 1 window front with regular fenestration of stone mullioned windows,
the left hand end projecting and gabled to the front, the right hand block with a
gabled dormer. Tudor arched front door with elaborate strap hinges below slated
porch canopy in angle between the 2 blocks, the canopy carried on decorated timber
brackets springing from stone corbels. 3-light transomed stone ground floor windows
with relieving arches. Similar 2-light first floor window left; first floor window
right 2-light with a central mullion and transom in the glazing.
The elevation facing the school also has an attractive asymmetrical profile and stone
windows: a gabled dormer to the left, the projecting stone stack with set-offs and a
tall shaft and a 1-light stone window, ground floor right. A grey limestone yard
wall at right angles to this elevation has a Tudor arched doorway.
A very complete example externally of a small Tudor style C19 house.
Interior not inspected but original features may survive.

Listing NGR: SX8677779559

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618943

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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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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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas