Description

TEIGNMOUTH

SX9472 REGENT STREET
25-1/7/190 (North side)
30/06/49 No.3

GV II

Library and publishing house, now a shop. c1815, by WE Rolfe
of London; c1900 shop front. Painted stucco, slate roof with
3 rectangular glazed lanterns. L-plan including a rear right
wing.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 4 bays, symmetrical 3-window range with a
4th set-back range to the right. A panelled parapet is stepped
up over the central bowed bay. The words 'The Royal Library'
are raised in the central panel, a platband is below it.
Full-height French windows to the 1st floor have margin panes
and overlights with intersecting glazing bars, flanked by
narrow recessed panels containing reeded shafts with moulded
caps and plinths and pointed spikes to the tops.
The bay to the right has one tall 3-pane casement window with
similar overlights. The shop front, with a moulded cornice to
the fascia, is stepped forward and canted back to the right.
Below the fascia is a double row of small-paned windows.
Set-back C20 double doors and plate-glass windows.
INTERIOR: mostly lined with c1900 tongue-and-groove
matchboarding with C20 shop fittings in front. The simple oak
stairs to rear left-of-centre (the lower flight is probably
repositioned) with a moulded handrail and stick balusters lead
to a rectangular balustered gallery, formerly the stairwell.
Above it the ceiling is coved, crowned by a large rectangular
lantern with plaster panels decorated with animals, rose and
fleur-de-lys motifs, the glazing has diamond-shaped panes to
the vertical sides and a hipped glass roof. A similar lantern
to the front-right range has plain panels. The rear storage
wing has a lean-to roof with matchboarded ceiling and walls.
HISTORICAL NOTE: this was Croyden's publishing house from
which the first Teignmouth guide was issued in 1817.
A fine facade, echoing the style adopted by many cottage ornee
which dotted the countryside around Teignmouth and Shaldon.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Cherry B: Devon:
London: 1989-: 799).

Listing NGR: SX9419572965

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26682869

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