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Summary

A 1798 rebuild of an earlier core. Documents in the possession of the owners indicate that the house was in the ownership of Pilton Abbey and was acquired by the Rolle family.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1385285: ROCK HOUSE THE ROCK

Other References/Statuses

• Old Listed Building Ref: 485747

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HOUSE (XVIII - 1701 AD to 1800 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.

English Heritage, 2012, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV348729.

77 Pilton Street, Rock House, The Rock (Formerly Listed as: PILTON STREET, Pilton (East side) No.77).
House. 1798 rebuilding by William Davy of an earlier core. Front wall painted Flemish bond brick, rear and end walls cob; slate roof, gabled at ends; stone rear lateral stack with set-offs with rendered shafts. Single-depth plan and lateral stack suggests 3-room and passage arrangement with hall to left of centre, 1798 rebuild preserves similar layout with straight stair rising from a wide entrance passage. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical but regular 4-bay front with delicate dentil cornice. Twentieth century half-glazed door to right of centre with plain porch hood of an 18th century character. 3 ground- and 4 first-floor 16-pane timber sash windows, the left-hand bay windows with horns. Rear elevation has 3 late 20th century buttresses.
Interior: altered during repairs of 1983 with some replacement of joinery and stair rebuilt. Lateral stack fireplace, revealed in 1983 was large with charred lintel (information from the owners).
Historical Note: stair timber found during 1983 renovations inscribed "William Davy built this house and laid me here, 1798." Documents in the possession of the owners indicate that the house was in the ownership of Pilton Abbey and was acquired by the Rolle family.

Sources / Further Reading

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Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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