Description

BIDEFORD

SS4526 THE QUAY
842-1/5/231 (West side)
19/03/73 Nos.21, 22 AND 23
Prospect Place

GV II

House, now a range of 3 shops with offices and accommodation
above. Late C17 or early C18, heightened and divided into two
(Nos 21-22 and 23) in early or mid C19. Nos 21-22 were
subsequently subdivided and the upper floors of Nos 22 and 23
have been run together.
Solid rendered walls; third-storey front wall possibly
timber-framed. Slate roofs; perforated red crested ridge-tiles
on front range of No 21, non-perforated ones on rear roof of
No 23. Old red-brick chimney (partly rendered) with raised
band at the top, on ridge at right-hand end of No 21. Late C19
or early C20 cream-brick chimneys at right-hand end of No 23
and on its rear gable.
Plan probably 3 rooms wide originally. Gabled wings at rear of
Nos 22 and 23, extending back to Queen Street; wing at No 23
is probably at least C18.
3 storeys; 5-window range. No 23 (2 windows) has raised
quoins; No 22 (1 window) has quoins painted on at left-hand
side, oddly placed to coincide with the jambs of the
right-hand windows of No 21.
All 3 houses have shop fronts, possibly of early or mid C20
dated; the raised quoins survive at either end of No 23 at
this level, though cut back on left-hand side. Upper storeys
have flush-framed sashes: 6-paned, except for the lower
second-storey sashes at Nos 22-23. Sashes at No 21 have horns.
Moulded board below the eaves. Fixed to the front of No 22 is
a C19 oval plaque inscribed PROSPECT PLACE. Second-storey
window at No 23 has barred sashes in a recessed box-frame: 6
panes below and 3 above.
INTERIOR: first-floor room at No 22 has original moulded
plaster ceiling set between 2 plastered beams: centre oval
enclosed by 4 shaped panels, moulded cornice round wall-tops.
First-floor front room (now sub-divided) at No 23 has plain
dado with moulded base and rail; panelled shutters. Second
floor is the former garret, boxed out at the front in C19;
heavy original roof-trusses plastered over. Right-hand room
has wooden chimneypiece, probably original, with moulded
architrave, pulvinated frieze and moulded cornice. Rear
projection at No 23 has 2-panelled door with strap-hinges,
probably C18, on second floor. No 21 not inspected.
This is a Bideford Bridge Trust property and was probably part
of their Bridgeland Street development in the 1690s; the first
surviving lease is to Thomas Johns of Bideford, anchor smith,
dated 20.8.1707, of a house with a 60ft frontage.
(North Devon Record Office: Notes from Bridge Trust leases).

Listing NGR: SS4547926782

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580401

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Recommended Books

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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House