Riverside

SS 72 SW 5/84 20.2.67

MARIANSLEIGH ALSWEAR Riverside

GV II

House. Probably C18 or earlier, remodelled in the circa early C19, the rear outshut raised to 2 storeys in the mid C20, C20 interior alterations. Whitewashed plastered cob on stone rubble footings; tiled roof, gabled at ends (thatched until at least 1960, old list description); end stacks with brick shafts, the right end stack projecting with a bread oven. Plan: Sited end on to the road. 2 rooms wide with 2 principal rooms at the front and narrow service rooms to the rear, entrance on right gable end. The plan has been very altered this century - there was formerly a central entrance into a passage and presumably the right hand room served as a kitchen (stack with bread oven) the left hand room as a parlour. It is difficult to judge whether the rear outshut was integral or secondary to the main block. The entrance passage no longer exists and a second storey has been added to the outhsut which now includes the kitchen, the 2 front rooms being the principal living rooms. Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay front with 16-pane circa early C19 timber sashes except ground floor centre which is a re-used early C19 12-pane sash. Timber sashes and casements to the rear elevation. Interior: Modernized. Forms part of a group at Alswear village.

Listing NGR: SS7237622158