Description

SS5147
853-1/6/73

ILFRACOMBE
HIGH STREET
(North side)
No.51

GV
II

Shops with living accommodation above. Probably built in
1890s. Solid, rendered walls; wooden bay windows at the front.
Asbestos slated roof with red ridge tiles. Red brick chimney
on left side wall. 4 storeys. 3 windows wide. Ground storey
has late C20 shopfronts of no architectural interest. Upper
storeys have canted bay window at either end, rising above
eaves level to a hipped roof. In centre, plain windows with
hood moulds. All windows except middle one in second storey
have sashes, the upper sashes with margin panes. Bay windows
have crenellated transoms and transom lights with coloured
glass; bracketed cornices between storeys, the spaces between
the brackets filled with quatrefoil panels. Prominent eaves
cornice, carried round the bay windows. Latter have ornate
iron finials on the roofs. INTERIOR not inspected. Included
for group value.

Listing NGR: SS5164747498

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570885

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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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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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)