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Summary

Drive Cottage, a 1930s workers cottage with attached garage to the rear, once equipped with petrol pumps. It would have been a hub of activity on Gullet Farm Estate, suggesting that the house was home to the estate owners chauffeur, mechanic, or possibly both.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1495080: Drive Cottage and former garage, Gullet Farm Estate, South Pool, South Hams

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ESTATE COTTAGE (Early 20th Century to World War II - 1930 AD (Between) to 1940 AD (Between))
• GARAGE (Early 20th Century to Mid 20th Century - 1930 AD (Between) to 1960 AD?)

Full description

Historic England, 2025, National Heritage List for England 2025 (National Heritage List for England). SDV366287.

Drive Cottage was the first of a series of estate cottages constructed from around 1930, located beside Poolpark Barn and overlooking a new driveway cut along the hillside from the South Pool Road to Gullet Farmhouse. The cottage has a charming frontage and is finished with high quality natural materials, designed by the same architect as the main house. A large garage was immediately to the rear to service estate vehicles, and had an engine house, battery room and a service yard with petrol pumps, which have since been removed. The house was built with a downstairs bathroom, a relatively modern feature at the time that was moved upstairs in the modernisation of the building in the late 1960s. The modernisation also included the sealing of some fireplaces, the installation of central heating and alterations to the attached outbuildings.

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Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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