Wistaria And Attached Front Walls

CREDITON

SS826000 WESTERN ROAD 672-1/5/179 (South side) 19/03/51 Wistaria and attached front walls

GV II

Small urban villa. Circa 1820, said to have been converted from 3 weavers' cottages (old list description). Roughcast cob; slate roof with serrated timber canopy to the eaves and verges; rear lateral and axial stacks with brick shafts. Plan: L-plan: a single depth main block, 2 rooms wide with a central entrance passage.Rear wing,2 rooms on plan, of possible earlier origins. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4-bay front with regular bays treated as 2-storey recesses with plain pilasters and segmental arched heads. Front door in bay to left of centre: doorcase with pilasters on moulded bases withan entablature with a triglyph frieze and dentil moulding below the flat porch hood with a reeded cornice. Small statue of a unicorn on top of porch hood. The other bays have early C19 16-pane windows to the first floor and French windows with margin panes. The left return has a mixture of casements and sashes: tiled porch canopy to doorway. The right return has early C19 sash windows and a serrated timber eaves canopy matching the front elevation. Coped brick garden wall to the front with chamfered granite gate piers with pyramidal caps. The wall matches one to the gardens of Astolat and Woodside (q.v.), the neighbouring houses to the west. Interior: contains original joinery.

Listing NGR: SS8263900440