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Summary

Abbotswell House, Crest Hill; a mid-19th century house with several significant features. At time of listing detail the building was in use as a retirement home; unclear whether this is still the case.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1209055: ABBOTSWELL HOUSE, INCLUDING WALL, RAILINGS AND GATE PIERS

Other References/Statuses

• Old Listed Building Ref (II): 392255

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HOUSE (XIX to XXI - 1860 AD to 2011 AD)

Full description

Dartmoor National Park Authority, 1997, Buckfastleigh Conservation Area Partnership Scheme (CAPS) photographs (Photograph). SDV365552.

Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.

English Heritage, 2011, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV347072.

House, in use as retirement home. Dates to around 1860 and has a rendered; slate roof, gabled at ends; stacks with rendered shafts. Plan: double-depth plan, two rooms wide with set-back block at right end.
EXTERIOR: symmetrical three-bay front with deep eaves. Tuscan porch with entablature with dentil cornice. Six-panel door with plain overlight. Four-pane hornless sashes, two to the ground floor. INTERIOR not inspected but likely to be of interest. Subsidiary features: contemporary cast-iron railings to area in front of house have pierced spear finials. Short section of ramped rendered wall at left end; square-section gate piers with sunk mouldings, moulded cornices and pineapple finials to right of front elevation. Other details: Listed Building number: 392255.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8934 - Condition survey of Buckfastleigh Conservation Area

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