Merehaven

TEIGNMOUTH

SX9473 MERE LANE 25-1/5/161 (South side) 29/07/83 Merehaven (Formerly Listed as: DAWLISH STREET (East side) Merehaven)

GV II

House on corner site. Early C19 with possible earlier origins and late C19 alterations. Painted render over limestone rubble, slate roof hipped to the north-east and north-west; rendered stacks to the east and west slopes, the north ridge and an external stack to the east end of the north, entrance, facade in Mere Lane. L-plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attic; 2-window range. To the right of the north facade is a tall external stack offset above the ground floor. To right of centre are steps down to the early C19 6-panel door in a reeded architrave with roundels to the upper corner blocks. A slate pitched-roof porch with trellised sides extends approx 5m to the street. To the left of the door are 6/6-pane sash windows to both floors. To the inside left is a lower 2-storey one-bay forward wing with a hipped slate roof and a 9-pane horizontally-pivoted window to the ground floor. The right return has a hipped dormer and C20 windows; the left return is blank; the rear has a late C19 2-storey canted bay and windows and some C20 windows. INTERIOR: the ground-floor room to the east end has a semi-elliptical arched recess; fixed shutters to the hall; some 6-panel doors and early C20 fireplaces. The projecting wing to the front has 2 rows of segmental stone arches one formerly with a locking door, probably a wine store.

Listing NGR: SX9436473088