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| HER Number: | MDV1003 |
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| Name: | Swimbridge Church House |
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Summary
Former school and possibly church house, now village hall. Probably 17th century with possibly earlier fabric concealed.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 621 299 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS62NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Swimbridge |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SWIMBRIDGE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS62NW/2
- Old Listed Building Ref (II)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CHURCH HOUSE (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, SS62NW7 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV69663.
Department of Environment, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV325824.
Former school and possibly church house, now village hall. Probably 17th century with possibly earlier fabric concealed. Rendered stone rubble. Slate roof with gable ends. Stacks. Two storeys with external stone steps to loft plank door with slate canopy. Three window range. Casements. Roof structural features. See doe list for further details (doe).
Copeland, G. W., 1960, Devonshire Church-Houses: Part 1, 139 (Article in Serial). SDV298102.
Church-house. This example, though formerly used as a school and now a village hall, has every appearance of having been a church-house. It abuts into the churchyard and has an entrance to the ground floor from outside the lych-gate and to the upper floor from inside the gate by a flight of stone steps. The windows are restorations and the fireplace has been modernized. In the upper room are the exposed springers of plain roof-timbers.
Dalling, M. C., 1976, The Parish of Swymbridge in North Devon (Pamphlet). SDV69665.
The Old Schoolroom is a building, adjoining the church yard, which is regarded as the property of, and maintained by, the churchwardens for the time being. The upper portions of it were formerly used for a school. The building is said to have at one time been occupied by poor persons, but not in living memory. There are references in the old churchwardens' book of accounts to expenditure made on the building
Department of Environment, 1986, Swimbridge, 139 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV85764.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV298102 | Article in Serial: Copeland, G. W.. 1960. Devonshire Church-Houses: Part 1. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 92. A5 Hardback. 139. |
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| SDV325824 | Migrated Record: Department of Environment. |
| SDV69663 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. SS62NW7. |
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| SDV69665 | Pamphlet: Dalling, M. C.. 1976. The Parish of Swymbridge in North Devon. Photocopy. |
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| SDV85764 | List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 1986. Swimbridge. Historic Houses Register. 139. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 3 2006 12:34PM |
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