14-17, THE PARADE

SX 47 NW MILTON ABBOT THE PARADE, Milton Abbot

10/265 Nos 14-17 (consec) -

GV II

4 adjoining estate village cottages. Designed in 1909 by Sir Edwin Lutyens for the Duke of Bedford and forming part of the planned village centre of Milton Abbot. Local stone rubble with a slate roof laid in diminishing courses and hipped at ends, the eaves swept out over stone corbelled courses and broken by small hipped half- dormers. 3 short stone stacks on ridge, stone stacks at ends, 1 to a gabled projection at the north end. Vernacular revival. 3 cottages face south, 1 faces north forming an L plan. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 9-window south elevation with deep eaves picturesquely grouped fenestration and regularly spaced front doors with integral rectangular fanlights under horizontal canopies carried on timber brackets. The timber jambs of the doorways arec hamfered and stopped. The ground floor windows are three 4-light canted bays and three 3-light casements, 2-panes per light under flat stone arches. The first floor windows are small 3-light casements under the eaves and half-dormers with 2-light casements, 2-panes per light with hipped slate roofs. The east elevation has similar fenestration. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX4065079284