Description

SLAPTON START SX84SW Start Cottage 8/125 II

House. Circa late C17 or early C18. Plastered stone rubble and probably cob. Asbestos tile roof with gabled ends. Gable end stacks, the right hand with short later brick shaft, left hand stack truncated. Plan: Situated at angle to road. 2-room plan with entrance to right of centre probably to a cross or through passsage with porch at front. The large left hand room at the lower end was probably the kitchen. Adjoining at the back to left, a C20 bungalow in separate ownership. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2-window range. First floor 2 small circa early C19 2-light casements with glazing bars. Ground floor 2 large late C19 or C20 3-light casements with glazing bars; all with wooden lintels. To right of centre a large rendered (cob?) porch with scantle slate roof, the gable weatherboarded and with C20 plank door; the inner door was not inspected. C19 2-light first floor casement on right hand gable end. Adjoining at back to right a C20 bungalow. Interior not accessible at time of survey 1988.

Listing NGR: SX8088044865

External Links

• Wikidata Q26401772

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)