Description

BIDEFORD

SS4526 COOPER STREET
842-1/5/84 (South side)
No.9

GV II

Probably a former warehouse, now shop with storerooms above.
Late C17 or earlier. Rendered front; solid ground storey,
evidently rebuilt at an angle in C20, upper storey probably
timber-framed. Right-hand ground-storey wall of stone rubble.
Right-hand gable of old red brick, set at a slightly different
angle from the walling below and supported at the front by a
wooden corbel. Slate roof. No chimneys visible from street. A
simple oblong plan, with no sign of original partitions in the
ground storey; staircase at right-hand end, opening directly
from the street. 2 storeys. Ground storey wholly altered, with
late C20 wood-framed display windows. Upper storey, of early
or mid C19 character, has 6-paned, flush-framed sash window to
right. Plank loading-door to left; a small window has been cut
into its centre. INTERIOR inspected only on ground storey:
this has a very thick unchamfered ceiling-beam parallel to the
street, supporting relatively narrow, deep joists.

Listing NGR: SS4542026679

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571861

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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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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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)