59, 60 and 61 The Quay

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SS 3124 11/47

CLOVELLY CLOVELLY THE QUAY Nos 59, 60 and 61

(Formerly listed as CLOVELLY Nos 59, 60 and 61)

20.2.58

GV II*

Three cottages in a single range. Late C17 or early C18, probably altered late C19. Rubble, plinth made up of large blocks of stone, mostly whitewashed, gable-ended slate roof in two sections, clay ridge tiles, three stacks with brick shafts, two on the ridge, one off the ridge to the left.

Plan : three attached cottages in a single range. Single room depth. Each cottage with a large fish cellar on the ground floor, two rooms on the first floor and two to the attic. No 59 with gable end entry to the ground floor fish cellar. Main entry at first floor level at the rear to each cottage, three doorways. No 59 with gable end stack, No 60 with a rear lateral stack, No 61 with a gable end stack.

Exterior: two storeys and attic, fronting directly onto the sloping pebble beach of the harbour with the first floor set up on a high plinth; 2:2:2 windows, late C19 or early C20 casements, all of two lights with small panes and glazing bars, late C20 3-light casement to the right of the ground floor. Attic with four raking dormers with two-light casements with glazing bars, and two C20 shaped dormers, also with two-light casements with glazing bars. C20 projecting wooden balcony to centre of first floor, C20 half-glazed door.

Interior: the interior of No 59 with much early C18 joinery including doors, partitioning and mantle surrounds. Interior of No 61 with a fireplace with a C19 chimneypiece.

Roof: pegged collar-beam trusses, C18.

Listing NGR: SS3186624819