Description

BUCKFASTLEIGH

SX7366 MARKET STREET
1011-1/6/102 (East side)
06/01/83 No.4
(Formerly Listed as:
MARKET STREET
(East side)
Nos.3 AND 4)

GV II

House, probably one building phase originally with No.3 (qv)
to the right, but with later alterations following
sub-division. c1700 or earlier in origin. Mixed construction,
mostly mass wall with some timber-framing. Front elevation of
local grey limestone rubble with brick dressings, right
return, under cartway, timber-framed; slate roof, gabled at
ends. Plan: single-depth plan, 2 rooms wide, winder stair to
rear. Door on right return which is under cartway to right.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2-window front. Ground-floor
window right 4-light casement 3 panes per light with a
segmental brick arch. Ground-floor window left 2-light
casement with 8 panes per light and a flat brick arch. 2
first-floor 3-light casements, 3 panes per light with timber
lintels. C20 door under cartway to right. The cartway is lined
with a bead-moulded plank-and-muntin screen (a rare survival),
lower part obscured by later horizontal boarding. INTERIOR:
modernised but retaining C19 winder stair with landing to
rear. Roof: probably C18 with steeply cambered halved pegged
collars, principals halved and pegged at the apex, trenched
purlins.

Listing NGR: SX7361166164

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504137

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Recommended Books

• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)