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Summary

The house probably dates to the 17th century and extended in the 19th. It was, however, much altered in 1928-9. It is now shops and offices, forming part of a larger complex within the Dartington Cider Press Centre.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1108327: SHINNERS BRIDGE HOUSE

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HOUSE (Built, XVII to Early 20th Century - 1601 AD (Between) to 1929 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

House shown as part of Shinners Bridge Farm, adjacent to a courtyard range of farm buildings.

Ordnance Survey, 2025, Mastermap 2025 (Cartographic). SDV366286.

The house is now the south-eastern end of a large building forming part of the Dartington Cider Press Centre.

Historic England, 2025, National Heritage List for England 2025, 1108327 (National Heritage List for England). SDV366287.

Shinners Bridge House. House, now used as shops and offices. Probably C17, extended probably in C19 and much altered in 1928-9 by Rex Gardner, Dartington Hall estate architect, for Roger Morel. Local limestone rubble. Slate roof with hipped and gabled ends and gabled at front. Stone rubble axial and lateral chimney stacks, one central stack was a brick shaft. Plan: The original plan is not clear since it has been much altered internally. There is a single depth rear range with a lateral stack on the front of the right-hand end. Approximately at the centre of the front a 1 or 2-room plan addition with a double span gabled roof, to which a third gabled addition has been added to the left producing the triple-gabled front of the existing building. Exterior: 2 storeys. Triple gabled front with 3 windows. First floor centre window and right window are in chamfered openings with large deeply chamfered timber lintels with mason's mistress and hoodmoulds; the centre and right-hand ground floor windows are wider and have concrete lintels. The ground floor window to the left is now a french window and the first floor window above has a concrete lintel. All have C20 metal frame casements with leaded panes. Set back to the right is the exposed front of the rear range with a large lateral stack with a set-off, slate capping and shaft. Asymmetrical fenestration to the rear (north) range with concrete mullions windows with C20 metal frame casements with leaded panes; and a C20 stone porch to the left of centre. Interior: In 1928-9 Rex Gardner remodelled the interior. All the ceiling beams were replaced and the internal partitions moved; part of the floor was removed in the back range to form a staircase in wall open to the roof. There is a large fireplace on the ground floor at the front with a massive slate lintel, probably next, with a chamfered soffit and stone rubble jambs. The roof has collars lapped and pegged to the faces of the straight principals. Rex Gardner had studied furniture making under Stanley Parker at Letchworth and Ernest Gimson. This is evident in the interior especially the impressive timber staircase. It is said that Rex Gardner carried out some of the masonry himself including the fireplaces. Source: Victor Bonham-Carter, Dartington Hall 1925-56, pp.24 and 35, desposited in the Dartington Hall archive.
Date first listed: 9th February 1961

Historic England, 2025, The Dartington Hall Estate, Dartington, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EL (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV366569.

Notification that, as part of an Historic England Strategic Project Defined Area Survey (DAS) of the Dartington Hall Estate the entry for Shinners Bridge House on the National Heritage List for England is being considered for amendment.

Sources / Further Reading

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