Description

CREDITON

SS826000 PARLIAMENT STREET
672-1/5/139 (North side)
11/10/72 Nos.2 & 3
(Formerly Listed as:
PARLIAMENT STREET
(North side)
No.3
Market House Inn)

GV II

House in use as offices. Circa 1836. Flemish bond brick, the
rounded corners header bond; slate roof with gabled ends;end
stacks with multiple shafts and old pots. Italianate style.
Plan: double depth rectangular plan.
Exterior: 3 storeys. Rounded front corners. 3-bay front
divided by pilasters. On the ground floor the pilasters are
stuccoed with capitals below a deep stuccoed platband with a
moulded cornice. Brick platband at second floor level and
below a cornice under the parapet, which rises with a panel in
the centre. Central doorway with moulded consoles (porchhood
probably missing) and doorcase with panelled reveals. Recessed
6-panel door with a deep overlight. All windows original with
flat guaged brick arches: 2 ground and 3 first floor 16-pane
sashes; 3 second floor 4/8-pane sashes. Attic dormer behind
parapet. The left (west) return, which overlooks a lane
between this building and the Market House Inn (now called the
Three Little Pigs), is in a slightly plainer style. The
platbands are carried round and the centre bay is flanked by
pilasters. Central doorway with a doorcase with panelled
pilasters and reveals and a shallow porch hood on moulded
consoles. Recessed 6-panel door with an overlight. Large
32-pane sash above the door. The rear elevation preserves some
original sashes.
Interior: Not inspected but may retain features of interest.
This building is part of an interesting c.1836 planned
development which involved re-siting the market from the High
Street and contemporary associated buildings surrounding it,
including the Ship (q.v), houses in Market Street and this
building.

Listing NGR: SS8329000414

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580604

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)