The Elms

TIVERTON

SS9512 STATION ROAD, Tiverton 848-1/6/322 The Elms 14/12/72

GV II

Detached house, empty at time of survey. c1840s with c1900 alterations. Mass wall construction, stuccoed and blocked out; hipped slate roof; stacks dismantled. PLAN: an unusual plan, for the size of the building: 2 rooms wide, but in effect only one room deep, since the front portion of the house consists of a an axial passage containing the stair. There is no evidence for the former kitchen in the main range and presumably a service wing is missing. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and cellar. Symmetrical 3-window front with platband at first-floor level. Central porch with Tuscan columns with fluted capitals; deep dentil cornice. 6-panel door with segmental-headed fanlight in doorcase with panelled reveals. Tripartite sash window with 4-pane sashes in the centre and 2-pane sashes in the outer lights. First floor centre window is round-headed with 6 fixed panes. To the left a lower, probably later, block has a 2-window front with 4-pane and 2-pane sashes. The rear elevation had French windows but has been rather mutilated for industrial use. INTERIOR: retains features of interest including a stick baluster stair rising axially along the front wall with stick balusters and a ramped wreathed handrail. Moulded doorcase with flower motifs; 6-panel door; plater cornice; chair rail; shutters. Right-hand rear room gutted for industrial storage. The lower-roofed block contains stairs down to the cellar. A front right wing (Oakdale) is a separate property and not part of the listing. It may have originally been an Edwardian wing replacing an earlier service wing.

Listing NGR: SS9586312580