Abbey Cottage / Cottage Next To And North Of Abbey House (Opposite Bull House)

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

BARNSTAPLE

SS5534SE BULL HILL, Pilton 684-1/2/318 (South side) 31/12/73 Abbey Cottage (Formerly Listed as: BULL HILL, Pilton (South side) Cottage next to, and North of, Abbey House (opposite Bull House))

GV II

Cottage next to, and N of, Abbey House (qv). Probably late C17 in origin, but with later alterations. Stone rubble and brick construction, front elevation rendered, right end wall handmade brick; slate roof, gabled at ends; right end and axial stacks with brick shafts. Sited fronting directly onto Bull Hill and at the entrance of Pilton Abbey (qv). Single-depth plan with a single-storey outshut at the right end. Concave front wall suggests that left end may have been built at different date from remainder. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4-window range. Recessed C20 front door to left of centre. 3 ground- and 4 first-floor 6 over one-pane sash windows. Door on front into right-hand outshut has 6 flush panels. INTERIOR: not inspected but may retain features of interest.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Reed suggests that this may have been the site bought by David Green, fuller, of Pilton, from Lord Howard of Effingham in 1611 for 100. (Reed MA: Pilton, its Past and Present: Barnstaple: 1985-: 160).





Listing NGR: SS5561134097

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/0990 IOE Records taken by Barbara Hilton; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Dr Barbara Hilton. Source: Historic England Archive

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