Description

BIDEFORD

SS4526 MILL STREET
842-1/5/185 (South West side)
Nos.19 AND 20

GV II

Houses with shops; probably a single large house originally.
Early or mid C19. Solid rendered walls with faint traces of
masonry markings at the front. Hipped slate roof. Rendered
chimney on right side-wall. Double-fronted, double-depth with
rear wings (both probably added) on each side. 3 storeys;
3-window range with 1-window return to right; further window
in extension to right again. Late C20 shop front at No 19, but
No 20 retains the right-hand return and rounded corner of a
late C19 one; panelled pilaster at right-hand end, upright
glazing-bars in the form of slender shafts, patterned iron
grilles at the top of the display windows, entablature
extending round both fronts. Raised band immediately below
sills in second storey. Windows in upper storeys of front
range have (with 1 exception) sashes of 6 panes or 3 in the
upper third-storey sashes; left-hand second-storey window has
plain sashes. Triglyphed wooden frieze below the eaves. Rear
wing to right (its ground storey concealed by the
single-storey building at No 20A) has 4-paned sash window in
the second storey and a plain sash window above, both with
horns. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS4532126711

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571837

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Recommended Books

• 
  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)