Description

NORTH TAWTON
SS 69 NE
9/80 Torre Cottage
II
Small house. Circa late C17 or early C18 with C20 additions. Rendered rubble and
cob walls. Hipped thatched roof. Central axial rendered brick stack.
Plan: 2-room plan, each room heated by central axial stack with back-to-back
fireplaces, likely originally to have had baffle entry in front of stack but entry
is now into left-hand room. C20 additions at rear.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2-window front, 3 windows to ground floor. C20
3-light casements except for ground floor right-hand window which is 1-light. To
left of centre is C19 or C20 open-fronted thatched porch behind which has probably
the original wide plank door. C20 1-storey additions at rear.
Interior: open fireplaces with wooden lintels in both rooms.

Listing NGR: SX6524599955

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26595370

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets