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Summary

Small mid 19th century terraced house, two storeys, two-window range, with main front doorway to right of centre, ground-floor window to left in a shallow bay, and service doorway to right.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1292356: 5, RIDGE HILL

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX85SE/167
• Old Listed Building Ref (II): 387323

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TERRACED HOUSE (Mid, XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1855-1895, First Edition 1:500 Town Map (Cartographic). SDV338879.

'Ridgeway Terrace' shown.

Department of Environment, 1972, Dartmouth, 35 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV155627.

Ordnance Survey, 2008, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV340009.

English Heritage, 2013, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV350785.

Small house. Mid 19th century. Plastered stone rubble; end stacks with exposed and plastered brick chimneyshafts with pots; slate roof. Plan: Double-depth, 2 rooms wide with central passage and rear staircase. Secondary service front doorway to right, to passage to unheated rear service room. Principal rooms to left. Exterior: 2 storeys; 2-window range. Plastered front is lightly blocked out as ashlar with flanking end pilasters. Main front doorway right of centre with moulded stucco surround and console brackets to moulded entablature; recessed door of 2 vertical panels under an overlight with glazing bars. Service doorway to right has door with small top-glazed panels and 2 vertical panels below. Ground-floor window to left in shallow bay; flanking round-headed panels and moulded cornice. First-floor windows have small shoulders to flat arches and moulded architraves with keystones. All windows are horned 4-pane sashes. Plain eaves to parallel roof, gable-ended to left as it steps up the hill. Interior: Surprisingly good for such a small house. Top-lit stair rises round a wall but manages to include mahogany handrail and stick balusters. Principal rooms have moulded plaster cornices and panelled doors (inner porch door with coloured glass in margin glazing). There is no original kitchen and it is unusual for such a small house to have a separate service entrance, indicating that it was possibly built as a holiday cottage. One of a group of similar small houses and listed buildings at the bottom of Ridge Hill.

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Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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