Description

CREDITON

SS834000 BELLE PARADE
672-1/6/4 (South side)
11/10/72 Meadowside and Sunnymead and
attached garden wall

GV II

Pair of adjoining houses in single occupation at time of
survey (1990) Probably 1850s.Stuccoed and blocked out, outer
returns slate-hung; gabled slate roof;axial stacks with brick
shaft.
Plan: T-plan block with a pair of mirror plan houses, each
with a 3-storey main block 1-room wide, one room deep and a
2-storey rear service wing divided between the 2 houses,
containing the kitchens. Outer rear projections, probably for
lavatories or closets.
Exterior: 3 storeys, rear wing 2 storeys. Symmetrical 2 window
front(south) with a continuous 5-bay verandah with a lean-to
lead roof on reeded posts (centre and right hand posts
replaced). 4-panel front doors to left and right, the top
panels glazed, overlights with geometric glazing bars.
Doorcases with panelled reveals, left hand (east) house has
plain, reveals, possibly boarded over the original. Each house
has a pair of high transomed French windows towards the centre
with glazing bars. Each house has one first floor 16-pane sash
and one second floor 4/8-pane sash. The left return has one
C20 second floor sash and one C20 first floor sash, glazed to
match those on the front. Brick garden wall to the right hand
(east) house ramps down and is included in the listing. The
rear elevations have notably long thin stair windows, 2 panes
wide and 12-panes long, the stair cutting across the window,
and original sashes. Gable-ended rear service wing.
Interior: Includes original joinery, plaster ceiling cornices,
original marble and timber chimney-pieces and stick baluster
stairs with mahogany handrails in both houses. The balusters
of the left hand (west) house have been replaced with wrought
iron and the stair has been altered on the ground floor of the
right hand house. Some partitions have been removed. A number
of good late C19 grates with tiled surrounds also survive.

Listing NGR: SS8343300379

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491603

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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