19 And 21, Sandpath Road

KINGSTEIGNTON SANDPATH ROAD, Kingsteignton SX 87 SE 5/153 Nos 19 and 21

GV II

1 house, formerly 2 cottages. Probably late C17 with some C19 modifications. Whitewashed rendered cob; asbestos slate roof with gabled ends; projecting front lateral stack with set-offs. The building may have been the hall and inner room of a 3 room and through passage house: there is a partition wall at the right end to a passage which runs between this house and no 23. If this were the C17 arrangement the right hand room, heated by the lateral stack, would have been the hall, the left hand room an unheated inner room. It is not clear when the building was divided into 2 small cottages: the right hand cottage (No 21) was entered through the right end wall from the passage and appears to have been divided between a larger heated room at the front and a narrow rear service room with a stair rising in the rear right corner. The partition wall has been removed between the principal and service rooms. The left hand cottage (No 19) was entered on the front elevation into a stair hall, with 1 principal room to the left. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3 window front, the lateral stack to the right, C20 front door into stair hall to left of stack, slate canopy above front door. Various windows with glazing bars, ground floor window between front door and stack a C20 metal replacement. Interior: The right hand room has a C20 grate, possibly concealing an earlier fireplace; a chamfered cross beam with runout stops and exposed joists. Mortices in a plain axial beam indicate the position of a former partition. The left hand room has a higher ceiling, which has possibly been raised. Straight stair with stick balusters between the 2 rooms. The principal rafters visible on the first floor are straight and may be C18 or C19 replacements dating from the change of roofing material from thatch to slate. 1 of a row of vernacular houses in Sandpath; group value with the church.

Listing NGR: SX8720472886