Description

CREDITON

SS834000 BULLER SQUARE
672-1/6/11 Nos.1-4 (Consecutive)
11/10/72

GV II

Two ranges incorporating 4 houses; originally probably one
house and an agricultural building. Probably late C16 in
origins or earlier, but thoroughly altered in the circa early
C19 with further alterations of the C20. Roughcast, probably
cob; thatched roofs with plain ridges; rear lateral and axial
stacks with brick shafts.
Plan: 2 ranges of a courtyard plan, the third (south) range
being the barn belonging to No 27, Downeshead Lane (q.v.). Nos
2 & 3 have rear right wings. C20 rear lean-to to No 4.
Exterior: 2 storeys. 1:2:1-window east front to the east range
with C20 timber casements of various designs in enlarged
embrasures. The eaves thatch is eyebrowed over the first floor
window of No 1. No 3 has a C20 timber half-glazed door with
small panes to the right and one ground and one first floor
window. No 2 has a C19 panelled front door to the right, the
upper panels glazed and one ground and 2 first floor windows.
No 1 has a C20 half-glazed door to the right and one first and
one ground floor window. No 4 has a C20 timber front door to
the right and 3 ground and 4 first floor C20 timber small pane
windows with concrete architraves. Casements with leaded
panes, mentioned in the 1972 list description of this range,
have disappeared. The yard has attractive pitched stone
paving.
Interior: No 1 has probably 1930s or 40s carpentry and
fireplaces on the ground floor. Winding stair against front
wall to the right. The first floor has wide elm floorboards.
Thinning of the wall round the first floor front window
suggests a possible former loft doorway and an agricultural
function to the building at one time. The roof has a
side-pegged jointed cruck truss against the left end wall, the
upper parts cut off when the stack was inserted. The original
purlins appear to extend as far as the right end wall. The
other truss is a later replacement and the pitch of the roof
has been made shallower to rear of the ridge with a new set of
rafters. No 2 has a very long, chamfered, axial ceiling beam
to the ground floor and a probably C18 stair to the right.
Roof trusses probably A-frames of a C19 character. No 3 has a
long chamfered axial beam to the ground floor and a fireplace
reduced in size. No 4, the wing, has chamfered step-stopped
cross beams and exposed joists - first floor not seen on
survey.

Listing NGR: SS8397800081

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26584900

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