Description

ASHWATER ASHWATER
SX 39 NE
3/15 Wembley House
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GV II
House. Circa late C18 with C20 rear addition. Colourwashed rendered cob on stone
rubble footings with a thatched roof, hipped at ends. The original plan was single
depth with a wide central passage and 2 rooms each heated by massive projecting
lateral stacks with set-offs on the rear. Small single-storey lean-tos adjoining
each end may be contemporary. The 2 room and passage plan survives with a C20
single-storey flat-roofed rear addition, the rear right stack has been truncated and
capped. 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-window front with a central gabled porch.
Fenestration probably early C20, a 2-light casement, 4 panes per light above the
porch, other windows 3-light casements, 3 panes per light, the window to the left of
the porch flanked by rough buttresses. One 2-light casement to the left-hand lean-
to, 3 panes per light.
Interior The right-hand fireplace has jambs of squared masonry and a timber lintel,
the left-hand fireplace is C20.

Listing NGR: SX3857195263

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398632

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)