Description

BIDEFORD

SS4526 THE QUAY
842-1/5/229 (West side)
19/03/73 Nos.18 AND 19

GV II

Pair of houses, now shop and offices. Early C19. Solid
rendered fronts. Slate roof. Red-brick chimneys on left
gable-end and on party-wall. Double-depth plan.
3 storeys; each house of 1-window range, although No 18 is
slightly the wider with 2 windows in third storey. No 18 has
round-arched doorway to left with pilasters, moulded archivolt
and keystone; 6-panelled door, probably an early C20
replacement. Ground-storey window to right has triple 4-paned
sashes with horns. No 19 has late C19 shop front with
glazing-bars; bracketed blocks at each end of entablature. Bow
windows in second storey with 6-paned sashes and top
entablatures, except that the bow at No 19 is narrower and has
4-paned side-sashes. Third-storey windows also have barred
sashes: 3 panes over 6. Bracketed eaves cornice. Rear
elevation to Queen Street has 6-paned sashes; 6-panelled door
at No 19.
INTERIOR: only the ground-floor front room and staircase at No
18 inspected. Former has moulded plaster cornice. Latter is of
wood, geometrical with thin square balusters and shaped
step-ends; altered at bottom of first flight.

Listing NGR: SS4548026742

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26496702

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)