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Summary

Late medieval house, altered in the early or mid-17th century. Probably the former priest's house attached to the Chapel of St Lawrence; now a private house. Rendered solid walls with exposed red sandstone quoins. Asbestos-slated roof with 1970s horse-rider ceramic ridge-tile. 17th century projecting stone rubble front chimney to right. Two-room-and-through-passage plan.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II*) 1201022: THE OLD COURT HOUSE

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX76NE28
• National Monuments Record: SX76NE70
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1431414
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 444773
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX76NE/41
• Old Listed Building Ref (II*): 376148
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX76NE28

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CROSS PASSAGE HOUSE (Built, XIV to Late Medieval - 1314 AD (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))
• HALL HOUSE (Built, XIV to Late Medieval - 1314 AD (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))
• CLERGY HOUSE (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
• COURT HOUSE (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
• HOUSE (Early 20th Century to Late 20th Century - 1901 AD (Between) to 1970 AD (Between))

Full description

Department of Environment, 1973, Ashburton (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV300597.

Probably former priest's house attached to Chapel of St Lawrence, now a private house. Late medieval, altered early or mid 17th century. Rendered solid walls with exposed red sandstone quoins. Asbestos-slated roof with 1970s horse-rider ceramic ridge-tile. 17th century projecting stone rubble front chimney to right. 2-room-and-through-passage. Medieval hall to left with later chimneybreast in gable wall. Service room to right, converted to heated parlour in 17th century. House is likely to have extended further left originally; evidence of former rear wing here with battered wall. 2 storeys.

Department of Environment, 1973, Ashburton, 35 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV300597.

Lambel's Cottage (The Old Court House) on the east side of St. Lawrence Lane, is a two storey building of 1314(?) with later alterations.
Limestone with some red sandstone. Quoins. Plastered. Steep roof. It has a stone pointed doorway, 14th century.
The interior: timber framed crosswalls with chamfered tall panels, ovolo-moulded beam. Possibly 16th or 17th century ovolo-moulded three light casement panels at 1st floor. Hewn roof-trusses and purlins. Ground floor wide fireplace with heavy stopped ovolo-moulded beam. First floor small wide fireplace with beam above. Shouldered head of doorway in ground floor screen wall, and lower part of what might be a wishbone cruck, cut off and now supporting a beam at first floor level. Windows with seats and splayed jambs.

Ordnance Survey, 2017, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359962.

The Old Courthouse is depicted on the modern mapping.

Historic England, 2017, National Heritage List for England, Accessed 21/02/2017 (National Heritage List for England). SDV359963.

ASHBURTON - SX7569 ST LAWRENCE LANE 849-1/10/170 (East side (off)) 10/05/73 The Old Court House (Formerly Listed as: ST LAWRENCE LANE (East side) Lambel's Cottage (Old Court House)) - GV II*
Probably former priest's house attached to Chapel of St Lawrence (qv), now a private house. Late medieval, altered early or mid C17. Rendered solid walls with exposed red sandstone quoins. Asbestos-slated roof with 1970s horse-rider ceramic ridge-tile. C17 projecting stone rubble front chimney to right.
2-room-and-through-passage. Medieval hall to left with later chimneybreast in gable wall. Service room to right, converted to heated parlour in C17. House is likely to have extended further left originally; evidence of former rear wing here with battered wall. 2 storeys. Approximately centre doorway with early or mid C17 double-ovolo-moulded wood frame. Wood casement window with glazing-bars at either side. Early or mid C17 three-light window with ovolo-moulded mullions in upper storey to left. At rear of passage a medieval wood door-frame with sharply pointed arch. To right of it (behind the service end) a blocked doorway with plain red-sandstone jambs.
Interior: stud-and-panel screens with chamfered studs both sides of passage screen to right has diagonal-cut stops and shouldered-head doorway; adjoining latter the remains of a matching doorway. Screen to left originally had flat-headed doorway about 2m wide, reduced in width in early or mid C17 by the insertion of 2 scratch-moulded studs. Right-hand room has fireplace with early or mid-C17 ovolo-moulded wood lintel; chamfered longitudinal beam supported at left-hand end by a shoulder-headed post that seems to be integral with the screen. C19 kingpost-and-ridge roof.
Listing NGR: SX7570369861.

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Associated Events: none recorded

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