Description

BUCKFASTLEIGH

SX7466 FORE STREET
1011-1/7/99 (North side)
The Valiant Soldier, including rear
wing

GV II

House, at one time public house, including rear right (NE)
wing (partly in separate ownership). Probably C17 in origin,
the main block altered in the late C19. Main block roughcast,
rear elevation cement-rendered and blocked out; natural slate
roof, gabled at ends with crested ridge tiles. Rear wing
partly slate-hung; roof partly corrugated asbestos; stacks
with stone rubble shafts.
Plan: the main block is 2 rooms wide with a cartway at the
left end giving access to a court. The rear right wing faces
onto the court and consists of a domestic block with a stable
block to the rear.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2:2-window front under
separate roofs, the left hand roof lower. Deep eaves. The
lower roofed block, to the left has a cartway to left, 2
ground-floor probably late C19 tripartite plate-glass horned
sashes, two 4-pane first-floor horned sashes. The right-hand
block has a recessed 6-panel door to the right with a
tripartite sash to right, two 4-pane sashes above, matching
the others. Pub name on panel on first floor.
Rear elevation is very irregular, suggesting a pre-C19 core.
The rear wing is under 2 separate roofs: the section nearest
the main block is domestic in function with a first-floor
12-pane boxed sash window. The (disused) rear section of the
wing has a cart entrance at the left end and 3 stable
entrances, 2 with segmental-headed brick arches and 4 small
unglazed windows, one with mullions; 2 first-floor loft
openings, one with mullions. The roof has been reduced in
height and a stack at the junction of the domestic part and
stable part of the wing appears originally to have served the
stable range. INTERIOR: not accessible but likely to be of
interest.
Historical note: the court has been variously called Bastows
Court, Hunt's Court or Hayman's Court. It is one of the larger
courts on the N side of Fore Street, formerly with cottages
facing into it but now with a building in light industrial use
in the centre. It was formerly partly in use as a butcher's
business. The court extends down to the River Mardle at the N
end, which is culverted to give easy access, perhaps for
cattle, from the fields on the other side.

Listing NGR: SX7409166141

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580228

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)