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| HER Number: | MDV40153 |
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| Name: | The Old Post Office, Tawstock |
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Summary
House, formerly two cottages, the left side once a post office and shop, 17th century with 20th century alterations.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 554 298 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS52NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Tawstock |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TAWSTOCK |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS52NE/65
- Old Listed Building Ref (II): 437069
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HOUSE (XVII to XX - 1601 AD to 2000 AD (Between))
Full description
Department of Environment, 1987, Tawstock, 53 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV76335.
Formerly listed as Post Office and Mrs Alford's Cottage. House. Formerly 2 cottages, the left side once a post office and shop. C17 with C20 alterations. Stone rubble. Half-hipped concrete tiled roof. Front lateral stack of stone rubble with brick shaft. Original plan obscured by later alterations, probably a 2 room cottage to right with small lower end and hall to right heated by lateral stack with winder staircase in outshut to rear of hall. Single room cottage to left formerly the Post Office with blocked staircase to rear between front room and rear gable-ended service wing creating overall L-shaped plan. The ground floor partition wall between the 2 cottages has been removed creating one larger room from the single room cottage and lower end of right hand cottage. 2 storeys. 2 window range. C20 fenestration. Porch at right end with gabled slate roof. C19 2 light casement 4 panes per light above. Interior wide chamfered cross beam with hollow step stops to lower end of right hand cottage. Remaining ground floor beams and fireplace lintel boxed in or plastered over. C17 stop-chamfered doorways to head of each staircase. Chamfered beam to rear wing. Access to roofspace over hall of right end cottage only. Single truss with steeply cranked typical C17 lap-jointed collar and 2 tiers of threaded purlins. Feet of single truss visible to rear wing have short curved feet.
Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV355681 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #90618 ] |
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| SDV76335 | List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 1987. Tawstock. Historic Houses Register. 53. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 1 2014 9:44AM |
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