The Old Coach House

LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH

SS7149 CHURCH HILL, Lynton 858-1/4/16 (South West side) 03/09/73 The Old Coach House

GV II

House with shop in island group. Late C18 or early C19. Rendered or whitewashed rubble, slate roof. An obtuse-angled range, set across the steep slope; at the rear the main range is in 2 storeys on a high basement stage. Front is in 2 storeys, 1+2-window range. The first floor has a 2-light casement in reveals on the range angled to the street, then a 12-pane sash set flush, and a 2-light casement with glazing bars. At ground floor a continuous plate-glass late C19 shop-front, returned to the left gable with a quadrant curve, and with deep-set central doorway under the sash window bay, and a further 4-panel door far right, set back; a continous balcony runs across the set-back part of the front, with square end pilasters and splat balusters, but largely covered by an applied plain fascia; a 1929 photograph (Bartlett) shows a continuous balcony balustrade. The angled wing has gable stacks. The rear is 4 windows wide; the top floor has two 16-pane sashes, and two C20 lights, above 3 deep 2-light small-pane casements and an arched light, formerly a doorway, set in a deep reveal. The gable to the left is plain, except for the returned shopfront. The back of the building is straight, not reflecting the angle on the street front, and it is all set high above the surrounding streets. INTERIOR not accessible, but said to retain nothing of special interest. With the adjoining Church Hill House (qv), an interesting element of streetscape opposite St Mary's Church (qv), and the 2 buildings between them occupy a complete triangular island block lying across a steep slope. The 1929 photograph shows the angled end being used as an advertising board for the Royal Castle Hotel and other matters. (Bartlett T: Postcard Views of North Devon: Combe Martin: 1990-: 99).

Listing NGR: SS7202349428