| 'Mike' 2008-01-29, 9:25 am |
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"Sacha" <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:C3C4B7FC.63FC8%sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk...
> On 29/1/08 09:29, in article S6VhSzDQIvnHFwvx@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk,
> "Tim
> Lamb" <tim@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> No, we haven't or not specifically about that. But my husband was given
> to
> understand some years ago that no such alterations or additions would be
> permitted.
>
> I don't think we're in a particular conservation area. It's just that
> this
> house was the vicarage and was built by Miss Champernowne of Dartington
> Hall, as was the church. She gave the land and paid for the building. I
> believe she later paid for the building of the CoE school and the School
> House for the headmaster. The architect for church and house was John
> Loughborough Pearson and it's probably that which has attracted attention,
> rather than the overall area, if you see what I mean. That's not to say
> that it's not a beautiful place with some outstanding houses in it but
> it's
> my guess it's the peculiarity of ours that probably led to the Listing.
> Much of the farming here is on Church Commission land and when my husband
> bought the field behind us to make a car park, it hadn't changed hands for
> 1000 years!
> I think that would be a minor irritant, yes. But the depth of the
> chamfered
> mullions on the inside of the windows is such that I think it would be 8
> or
> 9" before a fixing could be made onto the wood and we certainly wouldn't
> consider having any drilling into the stone. Double glazing would be
> terribly obtrusive here, I think.
> --
> Sacha
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Kind regards
Mike
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