Hoo Meavy (Shady Coombe)
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Looking from the road towards Shady Coombe Cottages, Hoo Meavy, a row of Grade II listed traditional Dartmoor cottages built of granite rubble with slate roofs. White casement windows line the façades, fronted by ferns, hedges, and a fingerpost sign with a red letterbox. Nestled against rising woodland, their stone walls glow against autumn leaves, the signpost pointing to Plymouth, Meavy, and Cadover Bridge, while the letterbox hints that the cottages remain lived-in.
Two of the cottages date from the late 16th century, with 19th- and 20th-century extensions. Originally comprising two left-hand rooms, one with a newel stair and granite arched doorway, they were later expanded with a right-hand extension and rear wing. The two-storey, asymmetrical seven-window front combines original chamfered granite frames, altered mullions, and later casements. Doorways include inserted 19th-century examples and two adjoining granite four-centred arches, one now blocked. Interior features include chamfered beams, an open fireplace with granite lintel replacement, a stone newel stair, and later roof trusses.
Historic England. ‘Shady Coombe (1105440)’. Historic England, 26 January 1987. historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1105440.
Hoo Meavy (Shady Coombe)
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Looking from the road towards Shady Coombe Cottages, Hoo Meavy, a row of Grade II listed traditional Dartmoor cottages built of granite rubble with slate roofs. White casement windows line the façades, fronted by ferns, hedges, and a fingerpost sign with a red letterbox. Nestled against rising woodland, their stone walls glow against autumn leaves, the signpost pointing to Plymouth, Meavy, and Cadover Bridge, while the letterbox hints that the cottages remain lived-in.
Two of the cottages date from the late 16th century, with 19th- and 20th-century extensions. Originally comprising two left-hand rooms, one with a newel stair and granite arched doorway, they were later expanded with a right-hand extension and rear wing. The two-storey, asymmetrical seven-window front combines original chamfered granite frames, altered mullions, and later casements. Doorways include inserted 19th-century examples and two adjoining granite four-centred arches, one now blocked. Interior features include chamfered beams, an open fireplace with granite lintel replacement, a stone newel stair, and later roof trusses.
Historic England. ‘Shady Coombe (1105440)’. Historic England, 26 January 1987. historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1105440.