Description

BOVEY TRACEY EAST STREET (north side)
SX 8178 Bovey Tracey

11/60
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23.8.55 No 58 Church Hill House

GV II

House. Early C19. Granite and slatestone rubble with granite ashlar quoins at
right-hand end; rear wing has door and window arches of red brick. Slated roof
with bracketed wood eaves-cornice at the front. Red-brick chimneystack in each
gable. Double-depth plan with wing at rear right-hand side. Main range is 2 rooms
wide with centre through-passage and stair compartment; kitchen in right-hand rear
room. 2 storeys and garret in front range, 2 lower storeys in rear wing.
Symmetrical 3-window front. Centre doorway with cement surround; panelled
pilasters at either side, cornice on consoles above. 4-panelled door with urn-
shaped brass knocker; narrow 3-pane fanlight on top. Windows all have moulded
stucco architraves and 8-pane sashes, some containing old glass. Right-hand gable-
wall to Trough Lane has 2 garret windows with 6-paned wood casements. Side-wall of
rear wing is 2 windows wide. To left of ground storey is a segmental-headed coach
entrance with double plank gates. Second-storey windows have flat heads and 2-light
wood casements, each casement with 8 panes.
Interior: has wood staircase with thin square balusters and column-newels, the
latter with tall square-section heads having rounded tops. Rooms in ground storey
have simple moulded plaster cornices. Left-hand rear room has original wood
fireplace-surround with beaded edges and plain shelf; round-headed cast-iron hob
grate. Right-hand front room has late C19 polished black slate chimneypiece brought
from elsewhere in the town. Upper storey and rear wing not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX8197178601

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618775

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)