60, New Exeter Street

No. 60 New Exeter Street is a house located in Chudleigh, dating from the early to mid-17th century, with some renovations made in the 20th century. The building is constructed of local limestone rubble and has a pebbledashed front elevation. It features a corrugated iron roof, which was originally thatched, and has end stacks, with the right end stack having drip ledges.

The current layout consists of a single-depth main range that is two rooms wide, with a central through passage. There is a single-storey lean-to addition at the rear left and a two-storey addition at the rear right that contains a staircase. Two blocked doorways at the right end indicate that the building was originally part of a three-room house with a through passage, where the inner room is now No. 61, adjacent to the right. It is uncertain if the lower end was originally heated; the left end stack may have been added later, while the hall is heated from a stack at the higher end. A thatch fire in the 20th century damaged some roof timbers, and the front elevation has been refenestrated.

The house is two storeys high with a symmetrical front featuring three windows and a central 20th-century front door. The windows are 20th-century two- and three-light casements with glazing bars, while the ground floor windows are made of plastic. Inside, there are two oak plank and muntin screens in the through passage, which has a paved local 'marble' floor. The right-hand fireplace, believed to be in the hall, has a chamfered half beam with step stops and an open fireplace with stone rubble jambs and a replaced timber lintel. There is one exposed jointed cruck truss, while a second truss is encased in a later partition. The apex of the truss was inaccessible during the survey in 1986, but the timbers above the first-floor ceiling were reported to have been damaged by fire. The early features of this house are significant, as much of Chudleigh was destroyed by fire in 1807.