Description

BRIDGWATER

ST2937SE CORNHILL 736-1/10/41 (South side) 16/12/74 Nos.10 AND 11

GV II

Offices, now 2 shops. c1860-70, said to have been rebuilt after fire in 1870. Limestone ashlar. Rectangular plan. Italianate style. 4 storeys; symmetrical 4-window range. Moulded coping to the parapet and a rich modillion cornice span the 2 buildings; a pilaster similar to the rusticated quoins divides the facade; third-floor 2/2-pane sash windows have segmental arches, moulded eared architraves and a guilloche-type string-course at cill level; second-floor plate-glass sash windows have moulded architraves with dentilled cornices and a dentilled string-course from which the cills are stepped out on consoles; first-floor plate-glass sash windows are set in moulded eared architraves with a plain cill band to No.11, left, and a higher moulded cornice above the fascia of the shop below to No.10. C20 shop-fronts. INTERIOR not inspected. A similar design to other commercial premises at Nos 8 & 9 (qv). (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: South and West Somerset: London: 1958-: 98).

Listing NGR: ST2988637021

External Links

• Wikidata Q26569716

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair