The Meads

SS 90 SW THORVERTON DINNEFORD STREET (west side), Thorverton 8/140 The Meads - GV II House. C18 with C20 alterations and addition. Whitewashed and rendered, probably stone to first floor level, thinner walls include brick at first floor level ; thatched roof with plain ridge hipped at ends to main block, slate roofed C20 addition under lower roofline at right end, slate hung at right end; single-storey block has a left end stack and rear lateral stack, right end stack to right end addition. Plan The thatched block is a single-depth 2 room plan house with a central entrance facing a straight stair. Presumably one room was the kitchen but it is not clear which. In the C20 a single-storey outbuilding to the right of the house was converted to accommodation and linked to the house by a 1 room plan 2-storey linking block. Exterior 2 storeys. Approximately symmetrical 3 window front to the thatched block and 2 windows to the slate-roofed addition, canted bay to the single-storey block at the right end. The thatched block has a central entrance with a thatched porch; first floor windows left and centre probably C18 or early C19 sliding sashes, first floor and ground floor right hand windows 2-light casements with small panes, ground floor window left with replacement C20 glazing. Lean-to porch in angle between thatched and slate-roofed block, the latter is slightly set back and has 2-light small pane casements. Interior Largely modernized, some C18 joinery. Roofspace not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS9241002286