Description

CREDITON

SS826000 HIGH STREET
672-1/5/86 (North side)
11/10/72 Nos.78 & 79

II

Pair of adjoining houses, No 79 altered to include a shop on
the ground floor. Probably 1820s.Stuccoed and blocked out;
slate roof; end stacks with brick shafts in party walls.
Plan: Double depth, one room wide.The ground drops away to the
rear where the houses have an extra storey and rear access
with a service yard.
Exterior: 3 storeys to the front, 4 to the rear. Each house
has a one-window front and deep eaves on elaborately-shaped
brackets. Pilaster between the houses (actually on the right
end of No 78) has a sunk moulding with an arched head, No 79
has a plain right end pilaster. No 78 has a 5-panel front door
with an overlight with geometric glazing bars (matching No 77,
q.v.). Windows in the centre, the first floor window re-glazed
with a late C19/early C20 2-pane sash with margin panes,
second floor window a 3-light casement, 2 panes per light. No
79 preserves its original windows on the first and second
floor: a 12-pane sash and 3/6-pane sash. The ground floor has
a C20 plate glass shop window canted in towards a door at the
right. Both houses have small round-headed rear stair windows,
No 78 with stained glass.
Interior: Not inspected but features of interest likely to
survive.
Group value with listed buildings on both sides of the High
Street. The tall rear elevations, overlooking small gardens
and a service area paved with irregular volcanic trap stones,
contributes to an attractive urban group.

Listing NGR: SS8278700391

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503850

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