Amherst The Old Cream House

ASHBURTON

SX7570 EAST STREET 849-1/9/74 (South side) 10/05/73 Nos.72 AND 74 The Old Cream House (72) Amherst (74) (Formerly Listed as: EAST STREET (South side) Nos.72 AND 74, 76 Hare's Lane Cottage (76))

GV II

Mirrored pair of houses. Late C18 or early C19. Rendered fronts (probably timber-framed) lined to imitate masonry. Left side wall of stone rubble. Slated roofs in 2 spans parallel to street. Rendered chimneys on gable ends of each span. Probably single-fronted, double-depth. 3 storeys. Combined front 3 windows wide with paired doorways in centre of ground storey. Doorways flanked and divided by pilasters supporting a frieze; there was probably a hood originally. 6-paned doors, the bottom panels flush, the top 2 panels now glazed; panelled reveals. Brass knocker at No 72, iron one at No 74. All windows have moulded architraves and sashes. No 72 has triple sash with 2-paned centre light in ground storey; 6-paned sashes above, except that in third storey upper sashes have only 3 panes. All sashes at No 74 are 2-paned. Combined front flanked by rusticated pilaster-strips and finished with bracketed cornice. Barred sashes and wood casements in rear walls.

Listing NGR: SX7589970035