Description

DOWLAND UPCOTT
SS 50 NE
8/111 Dartmoor Cottage
II
House. Mid C17 with C19 addition and C20 alterations. Rendered cob walls. Thatch
roof gabled to left end and hipped to right. 2 brick stacks - one axial and one at
left gable-end.
Plan: 3-room plan originally with baffle entry in front of axial stack which serves
central and right-hand rooms. There also appears to be an original entrance in the
gable end of the right-hand room. Left-hand room heated by gable-end stack. The
right-hand room is no longer used as part of the domestic accommodation but for
storage purposes. C19 outbuilding outshut added at right-hand end.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front of C20 2-light casements. Slight
projection to right of centre, in front of axial stack, with plank door. Late C20
gabled porch to left of centre with part-glazed door. Leanto against right-hand end
under catslide roof with door at front. Rear elevation has C17 2-light chamfered
wooden mullion window to left of centre on 1st floor.
Interior: fireplace in left-hand room has narrow-chamfered wooden lintel. Right-
hand room has open fireplace with chamfered wooden lintel and C17 chamfered wooden
doorframe in end wall.

Listing NGR: SS5780109701

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398580

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)