Culver House And Attached Front Yard Wall

CREDITON

SX8399 EXETER ROAD 672-1/4/43 (East side) 11/10/72 Culver House and attached front yard wall and stable

GV II

House including front boundary wall and stable block. Probably 1830s.Flemish bond brick, the left return plastered; slate roof; stacks with rendered shafts. Plan: 2 rooms wide with central entrance and rear service rooms in a narrower parallel block. Stable yard to south enclosed by brick wall fronting the road, with a stable block in the south-west corner. Exterior: 3-storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay front with a gable-ended roof and end stacks. Steps up to original central 6-panel front door with panelled reveals and an overlight. Above the door a sunk panel with a shallow drip ledge above. Original windows throughout: ground floor windows 8/12 pane sashes; first floor 16-pane to left and right, 12-pane in the centre; second floor windows similar to first. The right return has a later C19 canted bay window to ground floor rear. To the right the brick wall to the stable yard ramps down to the carriage entrance, which has a pair of timber gates. The stable is a small gabled brick block with a slate roof, parallel to the road, and aloft. Interior: not inspected but likely to be of interest.

Listing NGR: SX8388299946