Description

LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH

SS7149 SUMMERHOUSE PATH, Lynmouth
858-1/4/83 (South side)
03/09/73 No.9
Castle Hornet

II

Detached house. C18 or early C19. Whitewashed rubble, slate
roof. A small L-plan cottage set high on the slope of
Summerhouse Hill, probably original a 2-room cottage, to which
lower wing added to SE.
2 storeys. The main range has a small 2-light casement, and a
small-pane casement oriel with gable; to the left is a
part-glazed C19 door under a transom light with oval glazed
light, to a wood lintel and on 2 deep steps. The gable to the
right has an external stack with a C20 window at first floor
and a circular light to ground floor, left, below the terrace
level. The left gable also has a stack, and a large
flat-roofed semi-octagonal oriel brought forward from the roof
of the lower wing. The wing has a 2-light casement in the
gable, above a door, and two 2-light facing the entrance.
There is a small eaves stack on the far side. INTERIOR: not
accessible.
The small scale of the building suggests early provenance.

Listing NGR: SS7243549320

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26496901

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)