MEM22311 - Higher Croft House, Blackmore's Path, Lynton (Building)

House at end of row. Dated 1897 on keystone over door, but looks earlier in general detail. Rendered, slate-hung right gable, slate roof. A symmetrical double-depth plan with wide-span low-pitched gabled roof. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window front. A paired 2+2-light casement dormer and a single similar dormer to right, above three 12-pane sashes in plain reveals. At ground floor are large 16-pane sashes flanking a doorway with flat pilasters to bases and capitals with moulded arch over a plain fanlight and C20 door. The windows have vermiculated keystones, and that to the door contains the date. There is a stack to each gable, and the rear wall contains casements. INTERIOR not accessible, but a central stick baluster stair was seen. [1] Below, in Blackmore’s path is Croft House at the end of a row with a key-stone dated 1897 above the door. The house is probably earlier, with a typical three-bay front, the central door having flanking pilasters and a moulded arch over a plain fanlight, although the door is a 20th century replacement. Each side of the door are sixteenpane sash windows and above are three twelve-pane sashes, all with vermiculated key-stones, The two attic dormers have casement windows. [2] The house appears to be shown on the Tithe Map for Lynton and is almost certainly on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map (c.1890). [3,4] The building was visited in April 2012 as part of the rapid condition survey of Exmoor's Listed Buildings 2012-13. It received a BAR score of 6. [5] The building is mentioned in the 2019 Conservation Area Appraisal for Lynton. [6] The building was assessed as part of the 2018-19 rapid condition survey of Exmoor’s Listed Buildings, receiving a BAR score of 6. [7]