Description

CREDITON

SS834000 DEAN STREET
672-1/6/26 (East side)
11/10/72 No.44
Dean Thatch

GV II

House. Probably early C18 or earlier. Roughcast,probably cob;
thatched roof with a plain ridge, gabled at right end; end
stacks with brick shafts.
Plan: single-depth plan, 2 rooms wide, with central entrance.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical north front, 5 windows wide
(one window blocked). Probably early C20, approximately
central half-glazed front door. One ground floor window to the
left, 2 to the right, all C20 2-light timber casements with
glazing bars. Similar casements to the first floor of
different sizes; blocked window to left of front door on first
floor. The right return, facing the street has one first floor
probably C19 2-light casement, 6 panes per light.
Interior: Plain. Roof of A-frame trusses, pegged at the apex
of the principal rafters. Collars at attic floor level appear
to be replacements with metal fixings.
One of a handful of thatched houses remaining in the town.
Dean Street contains the earliest buildings in Crediton and
this house makes an important contribution to the mixed
streetscape.

Listing NGR: SS8364900070

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491611

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
• 
  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)