Description

LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH

SS7149 MARKET STREET, Lynton
858-1/4/39 (West side)
03/09/73 St Vincent

GV II

Detached villa. Dated 1834. Smooth rendered, slate roof. A
compact symmetrical central hall plan, with raised central
gable pediment.
2 storeys, attic and basement; 3-window range. 6/6-pane sashes
to stone cills and with plain reveals. The central 6-panel
door with radial fanlight, on 3 slate steps with nosings, is
set in a deep arched recess with a plastered groined vault
carried on turned corbels in the corners. There are plain end
pilasters, and the central gable has a scalloped barge-board,
and inset date-stone. Each of the wide plain end gables has a
deep brick stack.
The rear has 3 small 2-light casement gabled dormers above
modified 12-pane sashes and an 18-pane stair light; the lower
ground floor has a central door, and a large inserted C20
panel to the right. To the left is a wide 16-pane sash with
peaked head.
INTERIOR: part of ground floor only inspected. The long narrow
hall leads to a fine geometrical staircase in a tight
semicircular well, with stick balusters, and swept handrail
rising through the full height of the building; a basement
stair descends to the right. Doors are generally original
panelled with fine linear mould panel surrounds, in moulded
architraves.

Listing NGR: SS7203549375

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26496896

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Recommended Books

• 
  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)