Register of Heritage Assets: Local List
East
Eastern area incorporating Cullompton and the villages of Clayhidon, Halberton, Hemyock, Kentisbeare, Sampford Peverell, Uffculme, Uplowman and Willand
January 2015
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Contents
Introduction ...... 3
Cullompton ...... 4
Clayhidon ...... 25
Halberton ...... 31
Hemyock ...... 55
Kentisbeare ...... 60
Sampford Peverell ...... 70
Uffculme ...... 92
Uplowman ...... 105
Willand ...... 107
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Introduction
Heritage Assets are the structures or features of the historic environment which are “identified as having a degree of significance meriting consideration in planning decisions” (NPPF, Annex 2). ‘Designated Heritage Assets’ are nationally protected areas or features such as a World Heritage Site, Scheduled Ancient Monument, Listed Building, Protected Wreck Site, Registered Park and Garden, Registered Battlefield or Conservation Area. ‘Local Heritage Assets’ are identified by the local planning authority as elements or features which are valued locally but which have not been designated at this national level.
Mid Devon district contains around 2500 Listed Buildings and 49 Scheduled Ancient Monuments, none of which have been included on the local list as they are already designated at a national level. Most of the buildings within the 51 Conservation Areas within Mid Devon were also not included in the local list, as these buildings are already protected under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.
While the NPPF contains policy on the protection of undesignated heritage assets, local listing provides a more sound, consistent and accountable means for identification. Also, the identification of local assets through a published register allows LP3 Policy DM28 (development affecting heritage assets) to be applied more effectively. For a potential local heritage asset to be included on the list there is a need to ensure it has the required degree of significance for inclusion. Local listing does not affect permitted development rights and it does not generate any additional prior consent applications.
The work carried out on heritage assets applied criteria recommended by English Heritage in the Good Practice Guide for Local Heritage Assets – Appendix 1. Members, Town and Parish councils and relevant community groups were contacted in June 2012, invited to comment on the assessment criteria and nominate any potential heritage assets for inclusion. The buildings and structures within the local list were initially been assessed by Conservation Officers to determine whether assets put forward have met the specific criteria and should be considered as local heritage assets. A public consultation period ran for nine weeks, ending on the 10th January. During this time, the general public were able to comment on the potential Local List and submit potential heritage assets.
This document comprises of the local heritage assets for the eastern area of Mid Devon. This is a working document, therefore local heritage assets can be added to and take off of the local list. Further submissions are welcome; please contact the Forward Planning Department.
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Cullompton
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Cobbled gully along Church Street, Cullompton
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Description:
Cobbled gullies run along the sides of Church Street at the edge of the road. These gullies are part of the historic fabric of the town.
Grid Reference: 302108/107168
Source: Cullompton Conservation Area Appraisal
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Cobbled pathway at side of White Hart Public House, Cullompton
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Description:
The access track through the covered way into the courtyard next to the White Hart Public House has a variety of patterns and different sizes of stones and cobbles. The track provides access to the rear of the property.
Grid Reference: 302071/107275
Source: Cullompton Conservation Area Appraisal
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Free Standing Pillar Box, Higher Bull Ring, Cullompton
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Description:
The red post box is a landmark feature within the bow-shaped Higher Bull Ring.
Proximity to designated Heritage Assets:
Grade II listed War Memorial
Grid Reference: 302116/107497
Source: Cullompton Conservation Area Appraisal
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Pound Square, Cullompton
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Description:
Pound Square is an important open space in Cullompton as it retains the old pattern of the street and has a historical relationship with the pound.
Proximity to designated Historical Assets:
Grade II listed No 15 Pound Square including detached building 5 metres to rear
Grid Reference: 302075/106999
Source: Cullompton Conservation Area Appraisal
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Queen Square, Cullompton
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Description:
Queen Square is an important space in Cullompton as it retains the old street pattern which in other places has been lost.
Proximity to designated Heritage Assets:
Grade II listed 4 Queen’s Square
Grid Reference: 302125/107079
Source: Cullompton Conservation Area Appraisal
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Seat and Lean to shelter at Trotts Almshouses, Higher Street, Cullompton
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Description:
The seat and area surrounding it is on the gable end of Trotts Almshouses. It is located on the junction of High Street, Higher Street and Station Road.
Proximity to designated Heritage Assets:
Grade II listed Trott’s Almshouses
Grid Reference: 302131/107551
Source: Cullompton Conservation Area Appraisal
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Traditional Red Telephone Box, Higher Bullring, Cullompton
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Description:
The traditional red telephone box within Higher Bull Ring is a landmark, providing aesthetic value and interest in the public realm.
Proximity to designated Heritage Assets:
Grade II listed War Memorial
Grid Reference: 302059/107418
Source: Cullompton Conservation Area Appraisal
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Upper/Higher Bull Ring (Old Cattle Market), Cullompton
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Description:
The Higher Bull Ring has a distinctive bow shape and is the historic location of cattle fairs in Cullompton. Markets were held in the Higher Bull Ring since 1278 when the town was granted Thursday markets and an annual 3 day fair at the festival of John the Baptist. In 1317 a further weekly market and annual 3 day fair at the festival of St George was granted. The last recorded bull baiting took place in 1805, where dogs were pitted against a bull for popular entertainment, before Parliament outlawed the practice.
Proximity to designated Heritage Assets:
Grade II listed War Memorial
Grade II listed 20 High Street
Grid Reference: 302083/107442
Source: Cullompton Conservation Area Appraisal
www.Cullomptontowncouncil.gov.uk/heritage
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Workhouse site/Georgian Wall/New Cut, Cullompton
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Georgian wall c. 1770 Consistent with the Brick Building of the Workhouse
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Tithe Map 1841, Number 2269 is the Workhouse and Pond
New Cut, with the Workhouse to the left.
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The woollen trade was a historical and influential part of Cullompton’s heritage. There was a parish workhouse in operation in Cullompton from 1738. A 1777 Parliamentary report records Cullompton workhouse housing 120 inmates. Papers of the Cullompton Workhouse are extant from 1798-1826. In 1798 insurance was taken out for Woollen Manufactory carried out by hand. A note by William Upcott in 1847 states that the Brick Building was used for hand loom weaving. The 1841 Tithe Map shows the Workhouse and Garden, which have the number 2269. The back of the factory can be viewed from New Cut, its Georgian bricks and dressing are consistent with a date of late 18th Century/Early nineteenth century
Proximity to designated Heritage Assets:
Grade II listed 20 Fore Street
Grade II listed 22 Fore Street
Grid Reference: 301983/107241
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WW2 First Aid Sign and Public Clock on Town Hall building, 1 High Street, Cullompton, EX15 1AB
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Description:
The First Aid sign from WW2 is located on the Town Hall. It is small and says ‘A.R.P First Aid’ in red, on a white background, with a red cross in the centre of the sign. This sign is an important piece of heritage and provides aesthetic value to the town. The Public clock is an important feature in the streetscape.
Proximity to designated Heritage Assets:
Grade II listed 1 Fore Street
Grid Reference: 302067/107367
Source: Cullompton Conservation Area Appraisal
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Clayhidon
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Directional Sign, Wiltown Cross, Wiltown, Clayhidon
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There are very few traditional highway features that remain in the Devon part of the AONB. This is typical of the style of those that do, and offers localised information (Applehayes has a cultural association with Camden artists).
Grid Reference: 317211/116607
Source: Blackdown Hills AONB Parnership
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Gladhayes Farm Barn, Clayhidon
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Description:
Gladhayes is first recorded in 1330. The barn is visible on the 1838 Tithe map and the 1889 OS map. The barn can be dated to the 16th century and no later than the early 17th century due to the roof structure. The original roof covering was thatch and the lower layers of this survive across 60% of the barn, attached to rafters with spars. Much of the historic structure of the roof remains: such as the saddles supporting the ridge purlin, the through purlins and the pegged joint of the collar. The historic structure of the roof is the main reason for the inclusion as a locally listed non-designated heritage asset.
Grid Reference: 315267/114144
Source: Catherine Marlow (Conservation Officer, MDDC)
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Middleton Mill, Churchinford, Clayhidon
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Middleton Mill is currently on the Devon HER as monument 18719. The following description is from the Devon HER:
No information other than ref to 1765 lease, below:
1765: W.J. Tucker of Honiton leased Middleton Mills to T. Blackmore of Clayhidon in consideration of the yearly rent of £33. Indenture refers to ‘the tenement and all that set of grist mills... called Middleton Mills.’ The tenant was to be responsible for repairs (DRO: 50M/T273; Phillips 1974, 81)
1863: lease (DRO: 337 add B/ML (18)) (from Bodman 2003, 54)
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‘Middleton Mill (Corn)’ on OS 1:2500 1st edition (1880s-90s); ‘Middleton Mill (Disused)’ on 2nd edition (1904-6)
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Middleton Barton is recorded in 1244 (PND2, 612) and is listed as a manor in Mortimer’s index of parishes-manors (Genuki website). Considering its location within the large parish of Clayhidon, it is likely that the manor possessed its own mill in the Middle Ages. Middleton mill may therefore have been established in the late medieval period. It is possible that more detailed documentary research might confirm this.
Photographs show the mill and house under one roof, with the mill at the north-west end, a layout found elsewhere in Devon (for example, Uplyme). The waterwheel was presumably originally located externally on the north-west gable end. The building appears to have been thatched. The general appearance is of an eighteenth century build, or rebuild. This would need to be confirmed by a closer look at the layout of the site and, in particular, any surviving evidence of the working parts and mechanical layout. The hydraulic layout also appears to be of some interest, with an irregular shaped pond occupying about 0.16 acre to the south- west of the mill, which is shown on the late 19-early 20c large scale OS maps. It is unclear from the maps whether this was leat or spring fed.
Martin Watts 9 July 2011
References
Bodman, Martin. 2003: Watermills and other water-powered sites in Devon (unpublished interim draft, September 2003)
Phillips, M.C. & Wilson, R.E. 1974-9: Water Mills in East Devon. DCNQ 33.1 to 34.3 (9 parts)
PND: Gover, J.E.B., Mawer, A & Stenton, F.M. 1931 (1969) & 1932 (1973): The Place- Names of Devon. 2 vols
Grid Reference: 318815/111604
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Halberton
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Boundary walls along Lower Town, Halberton
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Description:
There are a number of stone walls along Lower Town in Halberton which define open space and enclose private space.
Proximity to designated Heritage Assets:
Grade II* listed Old Cordwents and Cordwents Cottage
Grid Reference: 300434/112803
Source: Halberton Conservation Area Appraisal
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Boundary walls along Pond Hill, Halberton
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Description:
There are a number of tall stone walls along Pond Hill. Parts of these walls are listed under the curtilage of listed buildings.
Proximity to designated Heritage Assets:
Grade II listed Church Gate Cottage
Grade II listed Willhays
Grade II listed Barn 23 metres south south west of Halberton Court and adjoining 6 Pond Hill
Grade II listed 1 Church Path and 5 Pond Hill
Grid Reference: 300620/112901
Source: Halberton Conservation Area Appraisal
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Boundary walls at Lower Close, Halberton
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The low stone wall at the entrance to Lower Close defines and encloses the private and public boundaries. The stone wall is low, and has unfortunately been topped with unsightly wooden fencing.
Grid Reference: 300444/112740
Source: Halberton Conservation Area Appraisal
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Commemorative stone to the west side bus stop, Halberton
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The stone is located near the bus stop on the south side of the road at the west end of the village. The inscription is too weathered to read, but is of historical importance. The stone could potentially be cleaned to allow the inscription to be read once again.
Grid Reference: 300435/112926
Source: Halberton Conservation Area Appraisal
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Boundary walls and Elevated gardens, northern side of High Town, High Street, Halberton
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Description:
There are some stone walls along High Street with raised gardens behind. The raised gardens provide valuable open green space in the centre of Halberton Village.
Proximity to designated Heritage Assets:
Grade II listed 53 High Street
Grid Reference: 300858/112913
Source: Halberton Conservation Area Appraisal
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Former Orchard area East of Orchard House, Halberton
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Orchard house appears to date from the late 16th Century being a former 3 room through passage plan house. The orchard may date from this time. The orchard is the first view of the village of Halberton when entering the village from the east.
Proximity to designated Heritage Assets:
Grade II listed Orchard House
Grid Reference: 301265/112824
Source: Halberton Conservation Area Appraisal
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Jubilee Lamp at Pond Hill, Halberton
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Halberton commemorated Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee by planting a tree (now gone) with a plaque and her Diamond Jubilee with the Jubilee Lamp at Pond Hill
Grid Reference: 300724/112940
Source: Halberon Conservation Area Appraisal
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Milestone, west end of village, Halberton
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The milestone is located on the north side of the grass verge at the west end of the village and is a feature of importance.
Grid Reference: 300402/112944
Source: Halberton Conservation Area Assessment
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Small area of cobbles to front of 1 Church Path, Halberton
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Traditional cobbles are located to the front of 1 Church Path.
Proximity to designated Heritage Assets:
Grade II listed Halberton Primary School
Grid Reference: 300608/112882
Source: Halberton Conservation Area Appraisal
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The Pond, Pond Hill, Halberton
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Description:
The green contains mature and semi-mature trees and is an attractive feature in the town, it is off Pond Hill opposite the Pond. The green contains a bench, picnic table and bin. The town leat runs from the pond and continues towards the Mill. A natural stream course also runs out of the pond south east along the valley floor. The pond is a distinctive feature in Halberton. It is located to the north of Pond Hill, and is fed by a warm natural spring, which widens into the small pond. Pond Hill dams the pond, and a natural stream and Mill Leat both flow out of the pond to the south.
Grid Reference: 300666/112953
Source: Halberton Conservation Area Appraisal
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Wall at 1 Corner Lane, Halberton
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Description:
The stone wall at the front of 1 Corner Lane is used to define the public and private space. It is within the Halberton Conservation Area and is an aesthetically pleasing part of the village.
Grid Reference: 300667/112803
Source: Halberton Conservation Area Appraisal
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Water pump in Ash Thomas, Halberton
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Description:
The pump is located near the centre of the village, and adds to the quality and characteristics of the village. The writing on the pump says:
Presented by R.Mildon Ash-Thomas Halberton 1878 The pump was given to the people of Ash Thomas by Robert Mildon especially for the benefit of churchgoers’ horses. It was presented in March 1878 six months after the first service was held in the church. Unfirtunately the iron trough which was presented with the pump no longer exists.
Grid Reference: 300455/110920
Source: Halberton Parish Council
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Hemyock
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Directional Sign, Hemyock
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Description:
There are very few traditional highway features that remain in the Devon part of the AONB, seen against the very typical roadside wall this feature is striking as road users arrive in the village.
Grid Reference: 313934/114007
Source: Blackdown Hills AONB Partnership
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Mileplates, Hemyock
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Description:
There are two separate plates at junction of Fore Street and High Street. There are very few traditional highway features that remain in the Devon part of the AONB. These plates are located on very traditional roadside wall and contribute to the historic character of the village.
Proximity to designated Heritage Assets:
Grade II listed Village Pump
Grade II* listed Church of St Mary
Grid Reference: 313655/113223
Source: Blackdown Hills AONB Partnership
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Kentisbeare
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Post Box at Goodiford, Kentisbeare
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A traditional red post box located at the cross roads of Long Drag and Dead Lane.
Grid Reference: 305601/108350
Source: Kentisbeare Parish Council
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Shute, Fore Street, Kentisbeare
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Description:
The spring is located on Fore Street
Grid Reference: 306896/108293
Source: Kentisbeare Parish Council
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Silver Wood, Kentisbeare
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Large expanse of woodland along the River Ken
Grid Reference: 306386/108284
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Source: Kentisbeare Parish Council
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The Eel Pond, Kentisbeare
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Cutting from the Gazette 16th March 1993
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The eel pond is located to the south west of the village, past the playing fields. The pit was created when earth and clay was taken from the site for cob to build farms and cottages in the village. More details are located in the book “Under the Blackdowns” by L.C.E. Chalk.
Grid Reference: 306159/107947
Source: Kentisbeare Parish Council
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Village Square, Kentisbeare
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Village Square, located at the junction of Fore Street, Priest Hill and High Street
Grid Reference: 306842/108169
Source: Kentisbeare Parish Council
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