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HER Number: | MDV38705 |
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Name: | Railway crossing keepers cottage, Teigngrace |
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Summary
Former railway crossing keeper's cottage built circa 1866. Single storey dwelling in Italianate style. The building is T-shaped on plan with a prominent central chimney stack. A good example of 19th century railway architecture.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 856 732 |
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Map Sheet: | SX87SE |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Teigngrace |
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District | Teignbridge |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | TEIGNGRACE |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX87SE/292
- Old Listed Building Ref (II)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CROSSING KEEPERS COTTAGE (Built, XIX - 1866 AD to 1866 AD)
Full description
Department of Environment, 03/07/1986, Teigngrace, 157 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV299514.
Railway crossing keeper's cottage. Circa 1866. Stuccoed brick with rusticated stucco quoins. Welsh slate roof with gabled ends with overhanging verges and eaves cornice. Italianate style. T-shaped on plan. Single storey.2-window front facing railway track with segmental headed windows boarded over. Doorway at north end to road, with chamfered and stopped jambs and flat arch. Slightly lower gable-ended wing at rear (west). Rendered chimneystack at centre of main roof ridge.
The South Devon Railway Company's Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead line was opened 4th July 1866. The TeignValley branch from Heathfield to Ashton was opened in 1882 and extended to Exeter in 1883.
Child, P, 1990, Railway crossing keeper's cottage, Teigngrace (Ground Photograph). SDV364733.
Photos of the cottage including an interior, of a fireplace. The name over the door says 'Little Venice'.
Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.
Marked as The Bungalow.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV299514 | List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 03/07/1986. Teigngrace. Historic Houses Register. Unknown. 157. |
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SDV364674 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2022. Mastermap 2022. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #135606 ] |
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SDV364733 | Ground Photograph: Child, P. 1990. Railway crossing keeper's cottage, Teigngrace. Devon County Council Historic Buildings Photo. Photograph (Paper) + Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV9120 | Related to: Moretonhampstead Branch Line Railway from Newton Abbot to Heathfield (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Feb 16 2022 2:54PM |
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