Description

DARTMOUTH

SX874510 FAIRFAX PLACE
673-1/8/115 (West side)
Nos.5 AND 6

GV II

Shops with flats behind and above. Mid C19. Stucco on brick or
stone; stacks disused; slate roof.
PLAN: Large L-plan building on corner site with east-facing
frontage onto Fairfax Place and north-facing frontage onto
Smith Street.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with attics; 2:1-window front to Fairfax
Place, one-window to canted corner, and 4-window front on
return to Smith Street, in a consistent modest Italianate
style. Ground floor has attractive and fine Edwardian timber
shop front onto Fairfax Place. It has a doorway at the left
end and 2-bay shop front, another doorway in the canted corner
and returns one bay onto Smith Street. Bottom-panelled glazed
doors with glazing bars. Bays defined by panelled pilasters
enriched with sunburst and shell motifs and with Corinthian
capitals, faceted blocks above to fascia. Slightly-bowed shop
windows to transom level with similar glazing pattern to shop
doors. Overlights to windows and doors.
To rear of shop, on Smith Street, 3 round-headed openings, all
with stucco quoins; 2 windows and rear doorway containing a
fielded 4-panel door under plain fanlight. Upper windows have
segmental-arch heads to first floor and round heads to the
second floor, all contain sashes without glazing bars. Deep
stucco eaves cornice is richly moulded and interrupted by a
series of shaped timber brackets. Hipped roof containing a
single gabled dormer to each front.
INTERIOR: not inspected but likely to be of interest.

Listing NGR: SX8780151277

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503899

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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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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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990