Waye House, Waye Court And The Coach House

ASHBURTON

SX77SE ALSTON CROSS 849-1/2/229 Waye House, Waye Court and The Coach 10/05/73 House (Formerly Listed as: ALSTON CROSS Waye House Country Hotel)

GV II

Large house, now divided into 3 dwellings. Said to have been built in 1829; mid C19 addition (Waye Court). Solid rendered walls; Waye Court of stone rubble. Slated roofs. Rendered chimneys; Waye House front chimney has 4 octagonal shafts. Waye House (the original dwelling) has 4-square plan with entrance and stairhall to rear left. Waye Court set back to rear left. L-shaped service wing (The Coach House (of 2 builds)) set back to rear right. 2 storeys. 3 windows wide. Round-headed centre niche in ground storey with French windows to left, large canted bay window to right (both probably late C19). Barred sashes above: 4 panes in centre, 6 at sides. Left side-wall has 6-panelled centre door (the 4 upper panels now glazed) in panelled reveals. Flanked by French windows; 6-paned sashes in upper storey. Both sides have slated verandah on Gothic iron columns. Deep bracketed eaves-cornice to hipped roof. Waye Court 2 windows wide; wood casements below, sashes above. Bracketed eaves-cornice. Coach House has 8-paned sashes in left-hand section; remainder much altered in late C20. Interior of Waye House has entrance/stairhall with modillioned cornice; late C19 or early C20 carved wood staircase. Both front ground floor rooms have marble chimneypieces (probably original).

Listing NGR: SX7696371935