Description

CREDITON

SS826000 PARLIAMENT STREET
672-1/5/138 (North side)
11/10/72 No.1
The Three Little Pigs and attached
stables
(Formerly Listed as:
PARLIAMENT STREET
(North side)
No.3
Market House Inn)

GV II

Public House including former stables at the rear. Circa 1836.
Flemish bond brick, the rounded corners header bond, right
return rendered; slate roof,gabled ends;end stacks with
multiple shafts and old pots. Italianate style.
Plan: rectangular with rear right wing.
Exterior: Very complete. 3 storeys. Rear wing 2 storeys.
Rounded front corners. 3-bay front plus 1-bay at the left end
where a single storey block adjoins. 3 bays divided by
pilasters. Platbands at first and second floor level. Central
doorway with moulded consoles with a shallow porch hood;
doorcase with panelled reveals. Recessed 4-panel door with an
overlight with late C19 leaded panes and stained glass. The
right hand window and the window in the corner bay are framed
as a pair by plain pilasters with a fascia and cornice. Both
are glazed with mid/late C19 4-pane sashes, the corner window
curved with some damage to the brickwork below. All other
windows have chamfered embrasures and segmental arch heads,
the timber segment panelled with a roundel. Ground floor
window left is in a segmental arch headed recess and is a
small-pane sash with margin panes and diagonal glazig bars in
the upper corners. 3 first floor 9/6-pane sashes; 3 second
floor 4/8-pane sashes. The single storey block at the left end
has pilasters and a parapet; a half-glazed door to the left
and a small-pane window alongside to the right. The right
(east) return of the main block, which overlooks a lane
between this building and Nos 2 & 3 Parliament Street is in a
slightly plainer style. The first and second floor platbands
are carried round with a platband at attic floor level.
Central doorway with a doorcase with panelled pilasters, a
cornice and panelled reveals. Recessed blocked 4-panel door
with a blocked overlight. Windows have chamfered embrasures,
matching those on the front: ground floor window right is a
round-headed small pane sash with spoke glazing bars. First
floor centre window is blind with a segmental arch head,
similar blind second floor window; blind round-headed window
to the attic. The rear elevation preserves all its original
sashes including a roundheaded stair window with spoke glazing
bars. The rear wing has a rounded corner with corbelling
above. Stables at right angles to the rear (north) are 6-bay
with a slate gabled roof and pierced ridge tiles. 2 stable
doors with loft doors over, 2 ground floor windows and one
window at each end. The rear elevation, overlooking the town
car park (formerly a brick field) has 7 blind recesses on the
ground floor, 2 blocked loft doors and 4 blind loft recesses.
Interior: Ground floor altered but features of interest may
survive elsewhere This building is part of an interesting
c.1836 planned development which involved re-siting the market
from the High Street and contemporary associated buildings
surrounding it, including the Ship (q.v), shops in Market
Street and this building.

Listing NGR: SS8327300423

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504571

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Recommended Books

• 
  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)