Description

CREDITON

SS826000 HIGH STREET
672-1/5/49 (South side)
11/10/72 No.4

GV II

Shop with accommodation over and to rear. Early C19, parts of
the rear wing possibly earlier, late C19 alterations. Painted
Flemish bond brick; slate roof; stack with handmade brick
shaft.
Plan: L-plan, shop in the main block with a cartway to the
right leading into a narrow court (Fountain Court).
Exterior: 3 storeys. Asymetrical 2-bay front. Deep eaves with
paired moulded eaves brackets. Symmetrical late C19/early C20
projecting shop front the windows canted inwards with steps up
to the central door which has a single panel at the bottom
below a large plate glass pane; plain glazed overlight. Single
pane large plate glass shop windows, the upper corners curved.
Fascia angled outwards with a moulded cornice. The cartway to
Fountain Court has timber spandrels on small brackets. First
floor window right is an early C19 12-pane sash. The left hand
window has been replaced with a tall late C19 canted bay
window with a moulded cornice. The window is transomed with
3-pane casements below and geometrical glazing bars above with
some stained glass. 2 first floor 3 over 6-pane sashes.
Through the cartway and facing Fountains Court (which retains
some pitched stone paving) an early C19 pilastered doorcase
with an entablature and panelled reveals, C20 glazed door. The
gabled rear wing includes several blocked windows, some with
timber lintels and may be earlier than main block.
Interior: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS8326700274

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491576

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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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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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)