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Summary

Originally a house, then an inn and now a church hall, 83 Pilton Street dates to the late 16th century but was much altered in the 19th century and again in the early 20th century when a hall was added to the rear of the building.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1385290: PILTON CHURCH HALL

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HOUSE (XVI - 1501 AD to 1600 AD)
• INN (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)
• CHURCH HALL (XX - 1901 AD to 2000 AD)

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.

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

Pilton Church Hall, 83 Pilton Street. Formerly known as: Unicorn Inn PILTON STREET Pilton. House, later an inn, now church hall. Probably late C16, much altered C19 and early C20; hall added at rear in early C20. Very thick, roughcast front wall. Right side wall of painted brick. Tiled roofs. One ridge-tile with an animal crest may be a reused original; if so it is an exceptionally rare example of what was once a feature of ridges in Devon towns. 2 early C20 red brick chimneys on rear wall. 2-room and through-passage, but passage walls have been rebuilt and so, probably, has the right end wall. Fireplaces in rear wall. 2 storeys; rear hall single-storeyed. 3-window range. Doorway, off-centre to left, has late C16 door-frame with flattened Tudor arch; sunk spandrels, ogee and hollow mouldings; lower parts of jambs restored; C20 Tudor-style plank door with moulded ribs. Old, worn doorstep of local stone. 2 ground-storey windows to left; that to right a 12-paned fixed sash with several panes of old glass and moulded frame; that to left a double-hung sash with 6 over 6 panes also containing some old glass. To right of doorway a canted bay window with C20 6-paned wood casements. At far right-hand end a C19 fixed 12-paned sash, the top left-hand pane with 2 pairs of H-hinges. Upper-storey windows have 3- and 4-light wood casements with a single horizontal glazing bar to each light. Wall-plate/gutter support on shaped brackets. INTERIOR: passage walls of brick. Ceiling of room to right has plastered beams with enriched cornices along them and on the adjacent walls. Front wall has a section of thickly painted, decorated plaster frieze. C19/C20 plank dado and chimneypiece of similar date, the latter in rear wall close to the passage. 1973 list description says: 'Matchboarding incorporates some linenfold panels'; this was not seen, but a portion of the dado in the bay window was missing. Upper-storey left-hand room has fireplace with bead-moulded wood surround in rear wall. 2 exposed roof trusses with slightly cambered, morticed-and-tenoned collars; slots for threaded purlins; front principals have slightly curved feet. Right-hand room not inspected; presumably it contains the 'Remains of plasterwork also to 1st floor room', noted 1973.

Sources / Further Reading

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