24 And 24A, High Street

HATHERLEIGH HIGH STREET, (south side), SS 5404 Hatherleigh 11/40 No. 24 and 24A - 22.2.67 GV II

House and adjoining cottage, originally likely to have been one house. C17 possibly with earlier origins and probably extended in C18. Rendered cob and rubble walls. Gable ended roof, thatch to main part but right-hand end is lower with asbestos slates. Brick stack at right-hand end of thatched part. Plan: probably 2 or room and through-passage plan originally, with lower end to the right with outbuilding or carriageway beyond. All first floor windows are C19 1, 2 and 3-light leaded pane casements with pin hinges. Ground floor left-hand window (to No. 24A) is C19 with 3 fixed lights and has C20 plank door to its left. This part is recessed from the main house whose ground floor windows are fixed C19 lights of 12 and C20 panes. The central part projects slightly and its first floor overhangs on exposed joists and appears to be timber-framed C19 double panelled doors at centre. Above them is Sun Insurance firemark. Interior: open fire place with rough wooden lintel to right-hand room. Traces of wooden spiral staircase at rear. No access to roof-space but substantial straight principals with threaded purlins are visible on the first floor suggesting an early roof structure. The house preserves an unaltered traditional exterior.

Listing NGR: SS5422604382