Compass Cottage

SY 18 NE BRANSCOMBE STREET (south side)

7/51 Compass Cottage (former Wesleyan - Chapel) GV II

House converted from disused Wesleyan chapel. Dated 1831, converted to a house in early C20. Local Salcombe stone rubble with ashlar dressings; stone rubble or brick stacks with brick stacks with brick chimneyshaft; slate roof. Plan: former chapel on a north-south axis with its main entrance in the north end facing towards the road. It has now been converted to a 4-room plan house, 2 wide and 2 deep, with a central axial stack. 2 storeys. Exterior: the north end contains a large central doorway with relieving arch above which contains a C20 panelled door. An inserted window to right and one in an original opening above contain C20 casements with glazing bars. A plaque in the gable is inscribed Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, 1831. The roof is gable-ended with ashlar coping with a ball apex finials. Both sides have 2-window fronts of C20 casements. The east side fenestration is more regular and, near the rear end, is a doorway containing an early C20 4-panel door with a porch supported on turned balusters. Interior not inspected. This former chapel forms part of a group of mostly thatched-roof buildings which make up the hamlet of Street.

Listing NGR: SY1886288812