Description

DARTMOUTH

SX874510 BROADSTONE
673-1/8/45 (South East side)
14/09/49 Nos.1 AND 2
Broadstone House

GV II

Large house. Late C18, subdivided into 2 houses in the early
C19. Flemish-bond red brick front, left side wall limestone
rubble with brick dressings, rear wall plastered, and
additions on right side are plastered or slate-hung
timber-framing; stone end stacks with brick chimneyshafts and
some old pots; hipped slate roof.
PLAN: double-depth, 2 rooms wide, central entrance hall. No.1
is the early C19 addition to right and No.2 has the original
front doorway and most of the main house.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; symmetrical 3-window front. Outer windows
in full-height canted bays whilst centre windows are blind;
all have flat arches of gauged brick. Left bay has late C19
front horned 4-pane sashes whilst right bay retains original
front 16-pane sashes and side 8-pane sashes. Central front
doorway (No.2) round-headed with open-pediment porch hood
supported on timber columns with simple acanthus-leaf
capitals; fielded-panel reveals, 6-panel door, and good
fanlight with radial pattern of glazing bars. Secondary front
doorway (No.1) into extension to right is a smaller and
slightly plainer version. Left side wall (onto the street) has
central round-headed windows with radial glazing bars to the
upper floors. Rear is a symmetrical 3-window range; centre
windows are 12-pane sashes with 3/6-pane sash to top floor and
flanking windows are similar tripartite sashes.
INTERIOR: Good and unmodernised in both parts including large
open-string stairs, plaster cornices, chimneypieces, and
panelled doors.

Listing NGR: SX8770851502

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491991

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback