Description

DARTMOUTH

SX874510 MANSION HOUSE STREET
673-1/8/163 (South side)
23/10/72 No.1

GV II

Probably the rear block of a merchant's house, now a separate
house. Origins in the first half of the C17, with C19 and C20
modernisations. Mixed construction; stone rubble southern
party wall, other walls are plastered or slate-hung
timber-framing; stacks with rendered brick chimneyshafts;
slate roof.
PLAN: Small one-room plan house, originally the back block of
a C17 gallery-and-back-block house. The gallery and front
block are now divided off as No.1 Lower street (qv).
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with attics; 2-window front. Front and
exposed side walls are plastered and lightly blocked out as
ashlar with slate-hung gable ends. 1980s uPVC windows.
Ground-floor front doorway contains a C20 part-glazed door
with C20 display window to right, used by the adjoining shop.
Plain eaves.
INTERIOR: Largely shows the result of the C19 and C20
modernisations.
No early carpentry or joinery is exposed and the fireplaces
are blocked by C19 and C20 grates. Roof not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX8781751218

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26584704

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)