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The Sail Loft

A Grade II Listed Building in Exmouth, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.6187 / 50°37'7"N

Longitude: -3.4211 / 3°25'15"W

OS Eastings: 299564

OS Northings: 80850

OS Grid: SX995808

Mapcode National: GBR P3.TZLM

Mapcode Global: FRA 37QF.P1B

Plus Code: 9C2RJH9H+FH

Entry Name: The Sail Loft

Listing Date: 8 January 2001

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1389117

English Heritage Legacy ID: 486653

ID on this website: 101389117

Location: The Point, East Devon, EX8

County: Devon

District: East Devon

Civil Parish: Exmouth

Built-Up Area: Exmouth

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Littleham-cum-Exmouth St Margaret

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description


EXMOUTH

931/3/10012 CAMPERDOWN
08-JAN-01 9
The Sail Loft

II

Sail loft/warehouse and dwelling. Dated 1810. Stone rubble with dressed stone quoins and brick window arches, second floor rendered. Slate roof with coped gable ends. Small brick gable-end stack and later brick lateral stack.
PLAN: Rectangular 5-bay building; only the south bay has partitions, on the ground and first floors, for use as a dwelling.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys. 5 bays. Small windows, ground floor with cambered brick arches with keystones, some window frames with glazing bars. Central wide door on ground floor of east elevation with loading door on first floor above, approached by stone stairs. Later loading door on first floor of west side; another loading door on second floor of north end, now a window. South gable end has two windows on each floor, ground and first floor boarded over, and plank door on right.
INTERIOR: Unchamfered cross-beams and narrow joists. Stud partition walls at south end, partly infilled with brick and partly boarded over. Dwelling at south end has matchboarded walls, panelled doors and mid C19 chimneypieces. 5-bay roof with king-post trusses with angle-struts.
NOTE: A circa 1870 illustration shows this building with the name Knight sail makers inscribed on the east side.

Listing NGR: SX9956480850

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