Description

BIDEFORD

SS4526 LOWER MEDDON STREET
842-1/6/155 (North West side)
19/03/73 Nos.15 AND 16

GV II

Pair of houses. Probably mid/late C18 with early/mid C19
additions. Solid rendered front. Slate roof. Rebuilt chimney
on right gable. 3 storeys; 3-window range. Paired doorways in
centre, recessed in a single wide opening with cornice-hood on
carved consoles; panelled reveals, the bottom panels flush;
4-panelled doors with 3-paned fanlights. Shoescraper to left.
Windows flat-headed with keystones. Left-hand windows all have
8-paned sashes, except that the upper third-storey sash is
only 4-paned; sashes in centre windows are 6-paned, except for
3-paned upper sash; right-hand windows have small-paned late
C20 fixed wooden sashes with transom-lights. Ground storey has
moulded plinth and flanking panelled pilasters. Upper storeys
have corresponding reeded pilasters rising from a plain
stringcourse. No entablature; just a plain board below the
eaves. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS4534226340

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26496680

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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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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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)