Description

CREDITON

SS826000 NORTH STREET
672-1/5/126 (East side)
11/10/72 Nos.6 & 7
Oliver House

GV II

House, divided into house and offices. Early C18 origins with
late C18/early C19 and C20 alterations. No 6 roughcast, No 7
plastered, probably stone but said to include some cob; slate
roof; stacks with brick shafts.
Plan: Approximately rectangular double depth plan, originally
one house. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4:3 window front
with a gabled slate roof, the roofline shallower over the
right hand bay of No 7 (the former cartway). No 6 has
sprocketted eaves with a moulded eaves cornice. Central
entrance with an early C19 doorway in the centre. Doorcase
with panelled pilasters with a rounded vertical moulding and
entablature with cornice. The reveals may be panelled below a
plain board. 5-panel door with an overlight with geometric
glazing bars. Bootscraper to right of door. 12-pane horned
sash to ground floor right. Ground floor left a 16-pane sash,
the lower light reglazed as 1-pane. Four first floor windows,
all glazed with 12-pane sashes. The right hand window has an
early C18 moulded architrave; horned sash to the right. The 2
right hand windows are early C19 with old glass. The rear
elevation includes 3 first and 2 ground floor early C19
sashes.
Interior: Ground floor only inspected. Stair with stick
balusters and mahogany handrail. No 7 has deep eaves with
moulded eaves brackets. Rear axial stack, shaft of front stack
removed. Doorway to right of centre with a large late C18
doorcase with panelled pilasters and a panel over the lintel
below paired brackets to the cornice; plain revels, possibly
boarded over panelling. 6-panel door with fielded panels and a
deep overlight. To the far right a segmental-headed doorway
replacing the former cartway. 3 ground floor and 3 first floor
12-pane sashes. The rear elevation has a tall round-headed
stair window with spoke glazing bars and margin panes to the
main block. The rear left addition has a dentil cornice and 2
early C19 small-pane French windows into the rear garden.
Interior: Late C18 open well stair with mahogany newels and
handrail and replaced stick balusters. Plaster cornices,
inlcuding the stair well which has an C18 ceiling rose.
Joinery includes C18 doors with fielded panels and moulded
doorcases.

Listing NGR: SS8330600376

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491564

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