Astolat Woodside

Astolat and Woodside are a pair of adjoining houses, likely built in the 1850s. They feature a roughcast exterior with slate-hung return walls and a slate roof that has sprocketted eaves. The houses have brick chimney stacks with old pots. Each house has a mirror plan layout, with front doors located to the left and right.

The buildings are two storeys high, with an attic and basement, and present a three-by-three bay front, where the center bay is slightly projected forward. They have deep eaves supported by eaves brackets and platbands at the first-floor level. Each house is accessed by steps leading up to a recessed five-panel front door, which has panelled reveals and a plain overlight. A flat porch canopy is supported by moulded consoles. Originally, there were 12-pane 19th-century sash windows in the center bays on the ground and first floors, but Woodside has had its windows replaced in the 20th century, while still respecting the original embrasures, although the porch hood is missing. The attractive slate-hung returns feature a pair of round-headed attic windows on Astolat.

The front garden area is wedge-shaped and enclosed by ramped coped brick walls, which have chamfered granite gate piers topped with pyramidal caps. These walls are similar to those of the neighboring house, Wistaria. The interior has not been inspected but is likely to contain original features. This pair of charming 19th-century townhouses on the western edge of Crediton combines elegant details with the local Devon vernacular tradition of slate-hanging. The garden walls indicate that, like Wistaria, these houses were likely developed by Berry of Berry and Vincent, local builders who contributed to the town's development in the 19th century.