Old Budley Court

EAST BUDLEIGH BUDLEIGH HILL, East Budleigh SY 0484 8/57 Old Budley Court - II House. Circa 1830-40, renovated in early C20. Plastered stone rubble including some cob; brick or stone rubble stacks with plastered brick chimney shafts, 2 with Rolle Estate chimney pots; slate roof (originally thatch). Tall T-shaped house. Main block faces south. It has a 2-room plan with central cross passage back to the rear block. The stairs rise off the left of the passage to left (south) of the front room. Front rooms have gable-end stacks. Kitchen and service block with end stack projecting at right angles from the middle of the main block. 2 storeys with attics and basement to main block. Symmetrical 3-window front arranged around central doorway. C19 4-panel door and fanlight with radial glazing bars. Queen Anne style hood on shaped consoles is probably Edwardian. Doorway is flanked by Venetian windows containing dashes with top radial glazing bars. First floor 12-pane sashes. Plain eaves and roof is gable-ended. Each end wall contains a segmental-headed casement with glazing bars. Right end has a 12-pane sash and left end has a round-headed sash similar to those in the front Venetian windows to the stairs. Roof of rear block has hipped end. Interior is well-preserved with C19 chimneypieces and a great deal with original joinery detail including an open string stick baluster stair. The roof however was rebuilt in the early C20 leaving only the lower sections of the original principals. These have a noticeably steeper pitch than the later roof indicating that the original roof was probably thatched.

Listing NGR: SY0697684290