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| HER Number: | MDV121125 |
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| Name: | Almshouse Cottage, Brent Mill |
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Summary
Small pair of cottages (originally one property) near the old Brentmill Bridge. Built around 1840 it replaced several other almshouses. Depicted on the Tithe Map. Subdivided in modern times. Property nearest the road called Brent Mill Cottage in 2016.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 696 595 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX65NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | South Brent |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SOUTH BRENT |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NE/298
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ALMSHOUSE (Built, XIX - 1835 AD to 1845 AD (Between))
- COTTAGE NON SPECIFIC (Altered, XIX to Unknown - 1843 AD (Post))
Full description
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments, Plots 1569 (Cartographic). SDV359954.
Shown on the 1843 Tithe Map and listed in the Apportionment as 'Almshouse Cottage' (1569), garden to the south-east (1570).
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
The late 19th century historic map shows the cottage.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
Unchanged from the late 19th century historic map.
Robinson, R., 1977-1979, South Brent Parish Checklist Worksheets, Page 500-1 of 821 (Worksheet). SDV340722.
Almshouse Cottage SX6972 5958
A stone built cottage, part slate and part river boulders, whitewashed. Simple span slate roof. One gable end chimney stack and one not quite at the other gable on the midline. Some casement windows, some modern. This building is shown on the Tithe Map (1569), apportionment reads 'Almshouse Cottage'.
Details of a deed of 1840 among the Feoffee's documents of South Brent Parish Church records that this house was fairly recently built and replaced 'several almshouses'.
Google, 2018, Google Streetview (Website). SDV360654.
Property nearest the road is called Brent Mill Cottage in image dated 2016.
Ordnance Survey, 2018, MasterMap 2018 (Cartographic). SDV360652.
Cottage is depicted on the modern map. The property has been divided into two, with the garden also split down the middle.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV340722 | Worksheet: Robinson, R.. 1977-1979. South Brent Parish Checklist Worksheets. South Brent Parish Checklist. Worksheet. Page 500-1 of 821. |
| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. Plots 1569. |
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| SDV360652 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2018. MasterMap 2018. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #80360 ] |
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| SDV360654 | Website: Google. 2018. Google Streetview. http://maps.google.co.uk. Website. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV27796 | Part of: Brent Mill hamlet (Monument) |
| MDV121127 | Related to: 3 Avondale Walk, Brent Mill (Building) |
| MDV121123 | Related to: Avon Cottage, Brentmill Bridge (Building) |
| MDV13154 | Related to: Brent Mill Bridge, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV113217 | Related to: Bridge Farm formerly 'Brent Mill Farm', South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV13151 | Related to: Manor Mill, South Brent (Building) |
| MDV13157 | Related to: Road bridge over the River Avon at Brent Mill (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 23 2018 2:26PM |
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