Description

BIDEFORD

SS4526 BUTTGARDEN STREET 842-1/6/64 (West side) No.16

GV II

House with shop. Probably late C18 or early C19 with shop front and other additions of late C19 or early C20. Solid rendered front. Slate roof. Red-brick chimney on right side-wall. 3 storeys; 2-window range. In left-hand bay of ground storey a doorcase flanked by Doric pilasters supporting a triangular pediment; door with 6 ovolo-moulded panels and matching reveals. Shop front flanked by pilasters with fluting on the lower part of the shafts and on the capitals; entablature with heavily-moulded cornice, this breaking forward at each end over a pair of shaped brackets; 2 display windows, canted in centre towards recessed, half-glazed double-doors, each with a solid moulded lower panel. Upper storeys have shallow rectangular bay window of 2 lights to right, the second storey with a moulded cornice above the lights. Left-hand windows have long aprons forming a continuous vertical feature to match the bay. 2-paned sashes with horns in both storeys; continued sills. Deeply projecting bracketed eaves cornice. INTERIOR not inspected, but inside the house-door is a half-glazed inner door with glazing-bars, the margin-panes containing coloured glass.

Listing NGR: SS4530426398

External Links

• Wikidata Q26496645

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (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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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings