Description

SS3403 HOLSWORTHY CP CHAPEL STREET (East side)

16/33 No 1 (formerly listed as
Kinvers)

18.4.73

GV II

Two dwellings, now shops with accommodation above. Mid C19 possibly incorporating part
of an earlier building. Rendered, shallow pitch slate roof with sprockets to eaves. brick
stacks gable ends. Plan: rectangular block with lean-to addition at rear. 2 storeys, 3:2
bays; first floor left three 12-pane sash windows with flat surrounds, right two 4-pane
sash windows with similar surrounds set just below the eaves, another similar window
below above early C20 double shop front, left late C20 plate glass window and end bay
right flanking entrance sash window with single vertcal glazing bar in upper light,
simliar surrounds. Square-headed door opening, moulded entablature carried on brackets,
rectangular light divided by central glazing bar, C20 4-panel door. Left return rear half
of gable end wall splayed out; right half with 12-pane sashes with flat surrounds; left
half with 16-pane sash window on first floor and C20 shop window below. The unusual
angle of the right gable end may be related to the fact that the Great Tree of
Holsworthy stood against this wall until the early C20. (Illustrated in Leeson Day,
Holsworthy, The Devonshire Association Parochial Histories, 1934.)

Listing NGR: SS3434703721

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398902

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)