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County Gate Information Centre and Gate Piers in Front on Either Side of Road (That Part in Countisbury CP)

A Grade II Listed Building in Countisbury, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.2243 / 51°13'27"N

Longitude: -3.729 / 3°43'44"W

OS Eastings: 279356

OS Northings: 148656

OS Grid: SS793486

Mapcode National: GBR L5.3541

Mapcode Global: VH5JT.9HY9

Plus Code: 9C3R67FC+P9

Entry Name: County Gate Information Centre and Gate Piers in Front on Either Side of Road (That Part in Countisbury CP)

Listing Date: 24 November 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1213009

English Heritage Legacy ID: 397370

ID on this website: 101213009

Location: Malmsmead, North Devon, EX35

County: Devon

District: North Devon

Civil Parish: Brendon and Countisbury

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Countisbury with Lynmouth St John the Evangelist

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description


COUNTISBURY
SS 74 NE
4/16 County Gate Information
- Centre and gate piers in front on
either side of road
(that part in Countisbury CP)
- II
Toll House and gate piers, now information centre. Early C19 with some late C20
alterations. Coursed stone rubble, with slate-hanging to south-west and rendered
rear wing. Slate roof with gabled ends.
Plan: L-plan, facing south-east. The rear wing is probably a later (C19 or C20)
addition. Internal partitions since removed. 1 storey.
Exterior: asymmetrical 3-window front, the 2 right-hand windows are in square bays
over which the main roof is carried down. C19 wooden lattice casements, the right-
hand 2 are of 3 lights and the left-hand one of 2 lights, and all have flat stone
arches and slate cills. Doorway to left of centre has original gabled stone porch
with a segmental stone-arched head and a C20 boarded door. C20 roof-lights to rear.
Rendered external end stack to rear wing and C20 flat-roofed addition in angle.
Interior: 4-bay roof to front range with collar trusses, and trussed rafters to
rear wing. Pair of rough monolithic slate gate piers flanking Porlock-Lynton road
in front of toll house, each with fixing holes for former gates. The eastern pier
stands in Somerset as the county boundary passes down the centre of the road at this
point.

Listing NGR: SS7935648656

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