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| HER Number: | MDV30528 |
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| Name: | Rocket Cottage, Warren Point |
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Summary
Rocket Cottage was built to house a portable rocket life-saving apparatus by the coastguards to rescue people from ships wrecked on this part of the coast. Re-built as a cottage. It is in a good state of repair having been re-built from a ruin. It is first depicted on the Second Edition 25 inch Ordnance Survey map of between 1904-06.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 535 480 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX54NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Wembury |
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| Civil Parish | Wembury |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WEMBURY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Trust SMR: 100410
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX54NW/28
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- COTTAGE NON SPECIFIC (XIX to XX - 1880 AD to 1906 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV150738.
Des=ntas/wembury bay and yealm estuary/(july 1984)/in smr.
National Trust, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV5615.
Vis=estimated -/-/1984 (national trust). Rocket cottage was built to house a portable rocket life-saving apparatus by the coastguards to rescue people from ships wrecked on this part of the coast. Re-built as a cottage. It is in a good state of repair having been re-built from a ruin (national trust).
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
It is not depicted on, and so post-dates, the First Edition 25 inch Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
The building is depicted on the Second Edition 25 inch Ordnance Survey map of between 1904-06 and is labelled as 'Life Saving House Apparatus'.
Pink, F., 2014-2015, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV357736.
The building is depicted on the Second Edition 25 inch Ordnance Survey map of between 1904-06 and is labelled as 'Life Saving House Apparatus'. It is not depicted on, and so post-dates, the First Edition 25 inch Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s. It remains extant on the Ordnance Survey 2015 MasterMap, albeit re-built.
Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.
It remains extant on the Ordnance Survey 2015 MasterMap, albeit re-built.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV150738 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV357601 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2015. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #86901 ] |
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| SDV357736 | Interpretation: Pink, F.. 2014-2015. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment. AC Archaeology Report. Digital. |
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| SDV5615 | Migrated Record: National Trust. |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 9 2015 2:24PM |
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