Description

CULLOMPTON HIGH STREET (west side),
ST 00 NW
Cullompton
10/117 No. 28 (Barclay's Bank)
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5.4.66
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Bank, formerly a house, standing at one end of a long curved row which once formed
the western edge of the medieval livestock market. Circa 1780s. Brick, with double
hipped slate roof concealed behind parapet. Main block faces street, with wing to
rear. Internal end stacks, all brick, 3 storeys.
Front: 3 bays, symmetrical; the outer bays with bowed window bays extending from
ground to parapet base, leaving the angles clear. These were probably added in the
early C19 and are of Flemish bond along with the extreme left-hand section of the
front; the rest of the front is of an unusual variant of Flemish bond, each course
comprising 2 headers between each stretcher. 1st and 2nd floor bow windows are
hornless tripartite sashes (to 2nd floor, 1 pane up 2 down to side sashes, 4 up, 8
down to central sashes; to 1st floor, 4 pane sashes to side, 8 pane to centre) ground
floor with C20 20-pane barred windows. Middle bay with hornless sashes to 1st and
2nd floors, the 2nd floor sash with 3 up and 6 down, the 1st floor with a 12-pane
sash. Central doorway with broken pediment, Tuscan columns (almost detached) fielded
panel reveals and soffit to semi-circular-headed door with barred fanlight; 3 steps
with C20 railings.
Right-hand elevation with no windows, and 1 blocked door.
Rear: 2 tripartite hornless sash windows, to 2nd and 1st floors with crown glass,
the former with 1 pane up and 2 below to side lights, 3 up and 6 down to centre, the
latter with 4-pane sashes to side and 12 to centre; another 2nd floor sash with 3
panes up, 6 down, with a little metal sill railing; semi-circular headed stairwell
window with intersecting glazing bars to 12-pane sash (that appears to have been
subsequently lengthened by 9 panes).
Wing: 3-light casement window to 2nd floor, 15 leaded panes per light, with ring
catch; 2-light casement window to 1st floor, 18 leaded panes per light; 4-light
casement window to ground floor, 12 leaded panes per light, and with big floriated
catch. 4-light casement window to end elevation, 18 leaded panes per light.
Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: ST0205907462

Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)