Description

KINGSTEIGNTON SANDPATH ROAD, Kingsteignton
SX 87 SE
5/153 Nos 19 and 21

GV II

1 house, formerly 2 cottages. Probably late C17 with some C19 modifications.
Whitewashed rendered cob; asbestos slate roof with gabled ends; projecting front
lateral stack with set-offs.
The building may have been the hall and inner room of a 3 room and through passage
house: there is a partition wall at the right end to a passage which runs between
this house and no 23. If this were the C17 arrangement the right hand room, heated
by the lateral stack, would have been the hall, the left hand room an unheated inner
room.
It is not clear when the building was divided into 2 small cottages: the right hand
cottage (No 21) was entered through the right end wall from the passage and appears
to have been divided between a larger heated room at the front and a narrow rear
service room with a stair rising in the rear right corner. The partition wall has
been removed between the principal and service rooms. The left hand cottage (No 19)
was entered on the front elevation into a stair hall, with 1 principal room to the
left.
2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3 window front, the lateral stack to the right, C20 front
door into stair hall to left of stack, slate canopy above front door. Various
windows with glazing bars, ground floor window between front door and stack a C20
metal replacement.
Interior: The right hand room has a C20 grate, possibly concealing an earlier
fireplace; a chamfered cross beam with runout stops and exposed joists. Mortices in a
plain axial beam indicate the position of a former partition. The left hand room has
a higher ceiling, which has possibly been raised. Straight stair with stick
balusters between the 2 rooms. The principal rafters visible on the first floor are
straight and may be C18 or C19 replacements dating from the change of roofing
material from thatch to slate.
1 of a row of vernacular houses in Sandpath; group value with the church.

Listing NGR: SX8720472886

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26459077

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