Description

CREDITON

SS826000 HIGH STREET
672-1/5/56 (South side)
11/10/72 No.17

GV II

Shop with accommodation over. Probably 1820s; circa 1870s
shopfront. Stuccoed with a slate roof; stack with rendered
shaft.
Plan: Double depth plan with a passageway to the right.
Exterior: 3 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-bay front with regular
fenestration. Right end stack. Richly moulded cornice in front
of a low parapet which rises in the centre with a blind panel.
The ground floor front, including the passageway and shop is
the most richly-detailed and finest in Crediton. Pilasters at
the left end and flanking the passageway have sunk panels and
and panels of foliage carving halfway up. Pairs of elaborately
carved consoles with foliage carving and blocks with mutule
decoration are crowned with pairs of cast iron finials. Above
the fascia a richly-moulded cornice with moulded brackets, the
cornice decoration including orders of beed and reel, acanthus
and ball carving. Below the fascia a carved order of foliage
and ribbon ornament. Symmetrical shop front with windows
canted into a central glazed door with a low panel and an
overlight, rounded upper corners to door and overlight. Where
the windows are canted in the fascia is supported on 2 fluted
cast iron columns with elaborate bases and foliage capitals.
The ceiling above is panelled in timber with a large roundel.
Each shop window is divided into 3 panes by cast iron columns
with foliage capitals, each one different. The window glazing
has rounded upper corners. Three first floor tall windows with
moulded stucco architraves, glazed with C20 2-pane sashes; 3
smaller similar second floor windows, also reglazed in the
same style.
Interior: Ground floor only inspected.Very complete late C19
shop interior:fittings include an old counter and drawers for
haberdashery.
This is a well-preserved shop with a fine shop front and good
interior.

Listing NGR: SS8319400296

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503718

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