Description

LYDFORD LYDFORD
SX 58 SW
5/47 Bayfield House
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GV II

House, former vicarage. 1870 by G E Street at a cost of £5,000. Slate stone rubble
walls with limestone dressings. Slate roof, gabled to main range, hipped to 2 lower
ranges which have delabole slates, decorative ridge tiles and terracotta finials. 6
tall stone rubble stacks : main range has 1 gable end stack, 2 axial and 1 lateral
stack and the lower part has 1 lateral stack between its front and rear ranges and 1
at the front.
Plan: Main range to the right with 2 single storey parallel blocks to the left of
which the front one was reputedly a hall for choir practice and the rear may have
been a summer house. The main range is of double depth with the entry hall at the
front of the right end and a passage extending to its left between the front and
rear rooms. The 3 rear rooms are the principal rooms and overlook Lydford Gorge;
the front rooms were probably offices. At the end of the passage is the staircase.
To the front of it, projecting from the other front room is the kitchen which was
single storey, with service rooms beyond it to the left. The two parallel single
storey ranges extend to the left.
Exterior: 2 storeys with attic. Irregular entrance front of 2 parallel ranges with
lower range to the left. The 2 parallel blocks to the right have steep gable ended
roofs. The principal rear range projects slightly to the right and has circular
turrets on 3 of its corners with conical roofs. The range in front is shorter and
narrower and contains an integral porch at its right end with 2-centred arched
doorway. In the left-hand angle of the 2 ranges is a single storey kitchen range
with half-hipped gable at the front. Projecting to its left is the practise hall
block with steep hipped roof and small gable over entrance. Windows have stone
mullions with mostly shouldered or cusped heads and chamfered jambs - containing
sash windows. 3-window entrance front above the doorway to the right is a pointed
head niche containing a cross. Double plank doors in porch have ornate wrought iron
hinges. At left end of main range single storey kitchen wing projects with lower 4-
window hall extending to its left. Right-hand end has 2 gable ends, the right one
projecting flanked by circular turrets with windows. Slated canopy between them.
Rear elevation is asymmetrical and has corner turrets and 3 windows. First floor
windows are paired single lights with cross mullioned transomed windows to ground
floor. Large half hipped attic gable to right with 2 windows. At right end of
this range is a rectangular stair projection beyond which is 1 storey range parallel
to the hall at the front.
Interior : Principal rooms have wooden panelled ceilings. Wooden chimneypieces have
chamfered jambs and lintel.
Source: C19 Devon Churches Project.

Listing NGR: SX5103384673

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26464433

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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