Description

BIDEFORD

SS4526 QUEEN STREET
842-1/5/216 (West side)
19/03/73 No.5

GV II

House, now the front building of a car firm. Late C18.
Rendered walls, solid at least in ground storey. Roof-covering
not visible from street. Chimney at left end of ridge; another
on right side-wall. Double-depth plan, with centre doorway
leading to stair at rear; left ground-storey room reduced in
width to allow for a carriage-entrance to left. 2-parallel
ranges of workshops to rear, set at right-angles. 3 storeys;
3-window range, the outer 2 taking the form of full-height
canted bays, except that the left-hand bay occupies only the
second and third storeys. Centre double-doors, each of 6
ovolo-moulded panels, the outer panels narrower than those in
the centre; flanking panelled pilasters, triangular pediment
on carved consoles. Carriage-way has C20 iron gates; stretch
of early C19 moulded cornice inside. Windows all have 6-paned
sashes in moulded frames, except for the left-hand
ground-storey window, which has 8-paned sashes in a concealed
frame. Prominent boxed eaves-cornice. Left rear range altered
in ground storey, but upper storey retains C19 workshop
windows. INTERIOR: access refused, but photographs in Bideford
Community Archive show cornice with ceiling-band in
entrance-passage; boxed-in stair, possibly C18.

Listing NGR: SS4545426727

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504900

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)