Description

ST HILARY CHURCHTOWN, St Hilary SW 53 SE 2/163 The Jolly Tinners

GV II

House, later an inn and for a time in circa the early 1900's used as a home for destitute children. Circa early-mid C19 with granite dressings. Half-hipped grouted scantle slate roof with brick chimneys over the side walls. Plan: double depth plan : 2 front rooms, the left hand room wider; passage between leading to stair hall, rear left of middle; kitchen behind the right hand room; pantry at rear left and shallow room (possibly butler's pantry) between the left hand front and rear rooms. The front chambers have formerly sliding partitions between probably inserted for use as a dormitory when used as a children's home. Exterior : 2 storeys. Regular 4 window south front with doorway under the third from left first floor (blind) window opening. Original hornless 16-pane sashes at the front and at the rear. C20 doors. Interior : little altered since built with mostly original carpentry and joinery including 6-panel doors and arch between entrance passage and stair hall. Stairs renewed C20.

Listing NGR: SW5514631302

External Links

• Wikidata Q26436615

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6