Description

DARTMOUTH

SX8751 CLARENCE STREET
673-1/5/84 (North West side)
23/10/72 No.40
Colbourne House

GV II

House. Mid/late C18, renovated c1989. Exposed red brick,
inconsistent bond tending towards Flemish bond; right end
stack with rendered brick chimneyshaft; slate roof.
PLAN: double-depth, one room wide, with left doorway to side
passage widening to accommodate rear stairs.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; 2-window front, with plat bands at floor
levels. 12-pane sashes to ground and first floors and small
6-pane sashes to the second floor, all with flat brick arches
over. To left, stone steps up from the street to the
round-headed front doorway which now has C20 cement flat
surround with low pitched head, and contains a C20 part-glazed
door under a plain fanlight. Passage rear doorway contains
original round-headed door with fielded panels and integral
fanlight with radial glazing bars. Plain eaves to parallel
gable-ended roof containing a gabled dormer.
INTERIOR: Open-string geometric staircase with stick
balusters. Fielded-panel doors. Front room has lost its
chimneypiece but is otherwise complete; moulded plaster dentil
cornice, fielded-panel wainscotting to the dado, cupboards
with fielded-panel doors, and fielded-panel shutters. Rest of
interior not inspected but likely to be of interest.

Listing NGR: SX8777251589

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26581033

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