Description

BIDEFORD

SS4526 HIGH STREET
842-1/5/105 (South side)
No.19

GV II

House, now with shop. Mid C19. Rendered solid front. Roof
covered with corrugated iron. No chimneys visible from street.
Classical style. 3 storeys; 2-window range. Ground storey
arranged in 2 bays flanked and separated by rusticated
pilasters supporting an entablature. Pilasters stand on high
panelled pedestals, the neckings of their capitals decorated
with small flowers; on the cornice above each pilaster is a
small, panelled round-headed finial containing a
scallop-shell. Wider left-hand bay contains a late C20 shop
front; right-hand bay has a 6-panelled door (with 2 old
letterboxes) set in a moulded segmental-headed opening with
panelled keystone. Second-storey windows have eared
architraves with buttressed feet, shaped fluted friezes and
moulded cornices; in the centre of each frieze is a square
panel containing a 4-leaved flower. Third-storey windows have
plain architraves with buttresses feet; moulded sills,
continued across the front, supported by 2 small brackets.
Both storeys have plain sashes. Dentilled eaves-cornice.
INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS4531126568

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26496660

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  For the Record