Description

ASHBURTON

SX7570 EAST STREET
849-1/9/77 (South side)
Nos.78 AND 80

GV II

Mirrored pair of houses. Late C18 or early C19. Rendered
walls, the upper storeys at the front covered with painted C20
tiles (probably over timber-framing). Slated roofs: front span
parallel to street, rear spans at right-angles. 2 rendered
chimneys on each side wall. Single-fronted, double-depth, with
stair behind front and back rooms. 3 storeys. 3 window front
to the pair, with adjacent but independent doorways in centre.
Each doorway has flanking pilasters and entablature; panelled
reveals; 6-panelled doors, the bottom 2 panels flush; good
brass knockers, with female head at No 78 and lion's head at
No 80. Each house has triple-sashed window in ground storey;
late C19 canted bays in second storey with single-light sash
window between them; 3 third-storey windows altered in late
C20. Rusticated pilaster-strips flanking the whole front.
Bracketed eaves-cornice.

Listing NGR: SX7592470049

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26482580

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey