Description

CREDITON

SS826000 HIGH STREET
672-1/5/73 (North side)
11/10/72 Nos.55 & 56

GV II

House and adjoining cottage, now used as doctors' surgery.
Probably mid C18.Stuccoed; slate roof; stack with brick shaft.
Plan: U-plan, with rear wings flanking C20 glazed lean-to to
rear.The house is 2 rooms wide ith a central entrance passage.
Exterior: 2 storeys and attic. 3:1 bay front, the 3-bay house
symmetrical, the 1-bay right end with a lower roofline and
deep eaves with paired eaves brackets. The house has a central
recessed 4-panel front door. Doorcase with pilasters with sunk
round-headed panels with a moulded strip and reveals with
fielded panels. Outer windows tripartite sashes, the centre
light 8-pane, the outer lights 4-pane. Ground floor window
left a horned replacement. First floor centre window is a
12-pane sash. The cottage to the right has 1 first and 1
second floor horned tripartite sash, matching the others. 4
attic dormers glazed with 2-pane 2-light casements.
Interior: Ground floor altered for surgery use but retains
plaster cornice to ground floor left and marble chimney-piece
to ground floor right. Other features may survive on the first
floor.

Listing NGR: SS8288300351

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580959

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)