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20 and 21, Southtown

A Grade II Listed Building in Dartmouth, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.3465 / 50°20'47"N

Longitude: -3.5777 / 3°34'39"W

OS Eastings: 287839

OS Northings: 50808

OS Grid: SX878508

Mapcode National: GBR QS.RQFL

Mapcode Global: FRA 38D3.VCH

Plus Code: 9C2R8CWC+HW

Entry Name: 20 and 21, Southtown

Listing Date: 11 December 1969

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1197581

English Heritage Legacy ID: 387352

ID on this website: 101197581

Location: Kingswear, South Hams, Devon, TQ6

County: Devon

District: South Hams

Civil Parish: Dartmouth

Built-Up Area: Dartmouth

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Dartmouth Townstal

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description


DARTMOUTH

SX8750 SOUTHTOWN 673-1/6/239 (West side) 11/12/69 Nos.20 AND 21

GV II

Pair of small houses. c1820. Stone rubble with stucco front lightly blocked out as ashlar; left end and party wall stacks with rendered brick chimneyshafts; slate roof. PLAN: Double-depth. No.21 one room wide and No.20 two rooms wide with central entrance hall. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys. Overall 5-bay front with 3-window first-floor range. At ground-floor level, 3 windows alternate with 2 doorways. The doorways are similar and particularly fine. Recessed a little, they have timber doorcases with panelled pilasters to scroll consoles supporting open-pediment hoods and contain fielded 6-panel doors; No.21 has an overlight under the pediment whereas No.20 has glass in the top panels of the door. The hoods interrupt a richly-moulded timber cornice across the front at first-floor level. Left end bay has front windows for No.21; ground-floor horned 12-pane sash with original 16-pane sashes to the upper floors. Windows of No.20 arranged symmetrically around central doorway. Ground floor has paired horned 12-pane sashes each side, but all upper windows replaced in late C20 by aluminium windows emulating 4-pane sashes. Plain sprocketed eaves to roof hipped both ends. INTERIOR: Only parts of ground floor available for inspection - plain carpentry and joinery detail where exposed. According to the occupant of No.22 (qv) these houses were built for the coachman and servants of that house.

Listing NGR: SX8783950808

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