MDE20983 - Lyn and Exmoor Museum, Market Street, Lynton (Building)

Summary

A detached house dating from the mid 18th Century with mid 19th Century windows. It is now a museum and was given to the town by Henry Sutton, the first secretary of the Exmoor Society, in 1962.

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Type and Period (1)

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Full Description

St. Vincent Cottage, Market Street. Probably c18 altered, next to st. Vincent, one of the few old cottages remaining. 2 storey 3 window limewashed stone front. Local slate slab roof. Wood casements with glazing bars, with margin panes.6-panel door with moulded and fielded panels. Windows appear early c19, house older. Low front garden stone wall with rough cope. Ornamental gate with square piers. [1] The building is now a museum. [2] The Lynton Museum is one of the obviously earlier buildings, probably dating from the mid 18th Century with mid 19th Century two-light casement windows with margin glazing bars. It was at one stage the service wing to St. Vincent. It is built of lime-washed rubble and roofed with stone slate on the front pitch. The threebay front has a central six-panel door. Part of the ground floor is lime-ash with original wide boards to the first floor. Also included in the listing are the attached boundary walls and gate. On a historic note, the building is recorded as presented to the town in 1962 by Henry Sutton, the first Secretary of the Exmoor Society. [3] The house and walls were visited in April 2012 as part of the rapid condition survey of Exmoor's Listed Buildings 2012-13. The house received a BAR score of 6 and the walls a score of 5A. [4] This building appears to be visible on the 1840 Lynton Tithe map. [5]

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Index: Department of the Environment. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest . HHR: Lynton (3 Sept 1973) 13.
  • <2> Verbal communication: Various. Various. Oral Information.
  • <3> Report: Fisher, J.. 2002. Lynton: Conservation Area Character Appraisal. 16, 18.
  • <4> Report: Lawrence, G.. 2014. Exmoor National Park: Rapid condition survey of listed buildings 2012-13.
  • <5> Map: 1840. Lynton and Lynmouth Parish Tithe Map and Apportionment.

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Other Statuses/References

  • 2012-3 Building At Risk Score (5A): 858/1/4/37/2
  • 2012-3 Building At Risk Score (6): 858/1/4/37/1
  • Devon SMR Monument ID: 24062
  • Devon SMR: SS74NW/123
  • Local List Status (No)

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SS 7202 4936 (24m by 14m)
Map sheet SS74NW
Civil Parish LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH, NORTH DEVON, DEVON

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Record last edited

Jun 10 2021 2:29PM

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