Description

NEWTON ABBOT

SX8571SE WOLBOROUGH STREET
1012-1/13/137 (South East side)
22/03/83 No.1A and No.2 Rooklands
(cul-de-sac)
(Formerly Listed as:
WOLBOROUGH STREET
(South East side)
Nos.1 AND 2
Rooklands)

GV II

House, now two dwellings. Early C18. Render over cob and
limestone rubble. 3-unit plan.

EXTERIOR of No.1A: is the left-hand bay of a 3-bay building
with the entrance in the left gable end, probably separated in
late C19. Painted render with added C19 decorative
timber-framing, asbestos roof with cream brick stack to the
rear party wall. One-unit plan. 2 storeys; one-window range.
Central coloured leaded window to the centre of the gable end;
door and gabled hood on brackets to right of centre. 2 windows
to the left return in Jubilee Street.
INTERIOR: altered.

EXTERIOR of No.2: is the two right-hand bays of a 3-bay
building. Incised stucco over cob, asbestos roof hipped to the
right with 2 tall cream brick stacks to the rear wall. 2-unit
plan with a C20 two-storey wing to the right. 2 storeys;
3-window range. Wide C18 four-panel door with raised and
fielded panels under a trellissed porch with a
segmental-arched hood. C20 windows to the front; late C19 sash
window with coloured margin panes between the rear stacks.
INTERIOR: the 2-bay roof has a pegged collar truss and
remnants of former thatch was found in the eaves.
To the rear right is a rubblestone chimney breast with a C20
timber lintel, above, to the first floor the fireplace is
blocked but in the recess to the right is a C18 panelled
cupboard. Thin pine doors with 3 raised-and-fielded panels,
some repositioned.

Listing NGR: SX8562071064

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548180

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Recommended Books

• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)