Bank House

Bank House is a house located on Fore Street in Winkleigh, dating from the early to mid 17th century, though it may have earlier origins. The building features plastered cob walls and a gable-ended thatched roof, with two stone rubble stacks—one at the left gable end and another lateral to the front wall. The layout consists of a two-room plan, which may have originally included three rooms and a through-passage, with the lower end to the right rebuilt as an adjoining property. The left-hand room is heated by a gable-end stack, while the right-hand room has a front lateral fireplace. The exterior is two storeys high with an asymmetrical three-window front, featuring late 19th or early 20th century four-pane sash windows. There is a 20th-century four-panelled door to the left of centre and a 20th-century plank door to the right, beyond the lateral stack. The interior was inaccessible at the time of the survey but may contain interesting features such as ceiling beams, open fireplaces, and an early roof structure.