Description

ASHBURTON

SX77SE ALSTON CROSS
849-1/2/229 Waye House, Waye Court and The Coach
10/05/73 House
(Formerly Listed as:
ALSTON CROSS
Waye House Country Hotel)

GV II

Large house, now divided into 3 dwellings. Said to have been
built in 1829; mid C19 addition (Waye Court). Solid rendered
walls; Waye Court of stone rubble. Slated roofs. Rendered
chimneys; Waye House front chimney has 4 octagonal shafts.
Waye House (the original dwelling) has 4-square plan with
entrance and stairhall to rear left. Waye Court set back to
rear left. L-shaped service wing (The Coach House (of 2
builds)) set back to rear right. 2 storeys. 3 windows wide.
Round-headed centre niche in ground storey with French windows
to left, large canted bay window to right (both probably late
C19). Barred sashes above: 4 panes in centre, 6 at sides. Left
side-wall has 6-panelled centre door (the 4 upper panels now
glazed) in panelled reveals. Flanked by French windows;
6-paned sashes in upper storey. Both sides have slated
verandah on Gothic iron columns. Deep bracketed eaves-cornice
to hipped roof. Waye Court 2 windows wide; wood casements
below, sashes above. Bracketed eaves-cornice.
Coach House has 8-paned sashes in left-hand section; remainder
much altered in late C20. Interior of Waye House has
entrance/stairhall with modillioned cornice; late C19 or early
C20 carved wood staircase. Both front ground floor rooms have
marble chimneypieces (probably original).

Listing NGR: SX7696371935

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26501490

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)