4, Market Street

BUCKFASTLEIGH

SX7366 MARKET STREET 1011-1/6/102 (East side) 06/01/83 No.4 (Formerly Listed as: MARKET STREET (East side) Nos.3 AND 4)

GV II

House, probably one building phase originally with No.3 (qv) to the right, but with later alterations following sub-division. c1700 or earlier in origin. Mixed construction, mostly mass wall with some timber-framing. Front elevation of local grey limestone rubble with brick dressings, right return, under cartway, timber-framed; slate roof, gabled at ends. Plan: single-depth plan, 2 rooms wide, winder stair to rear. Door on right return which is under cartway to right. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2-window front. Ground-floor window right 4-light casement 3 panes per light with a segmental brick arch. Ground-floor window left 2-light casement with 8 panes per light and a flat brick arch. 2 first-floor 3-light casements, 3 panes per light with timber lintels. C20 door under cartway to right. The cartway is lined with a bead-moulded plank-and-muntin screen (a rare survival), lower part obscured by later horizontal boarding. INTERIOR: modernised but retaining C19 winder stair with landing to rear. Roof: probably C18 with steeply cambered halved pegged collars, principals halved and pegged at the apex, trenched purlins.

Listing NGR: SX7361166164