Description

CREDITON

SS834000 DEAN STREET 672-1/6/21 (West side) Nos.19,20 & 21

GV II

3 houses, possibly originally one build. C17 or earlier origins probably subdivided and remodelled as artisan cottages in the early C19. Rendered cob, on local volcanic stone rubble footings; pantile roof; 3 rear lateral (one C20) stacks and right end stack with brick shafts. Plan: possibly originally a 3-room and cross-passage plan with lower service end to left (No 19).Rear additons probably later. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2:1:2 window front. No 19, to the left, has a C19 flush panel front door to the left and 2 first and 2 ground floor late C19 or early C20 3-light timber casements with glazing bars. No 20, in the centre, has one similar ground floor and one similar first floor casement; boarded door to the passageway to the left, plank front door to the right. No 21 is double-fronted with a C19 central panelled front door, a 9-pane fixed window to ground floor left, and 3-light late C19 or early C20 casements with glazing bars to ground floor right and the first floor. Interior: Not inspected but may contain early features and an early roof construction may survive. Dean Street escaped the Crediton fire of 1743.These houses have modestly-scaled but attractive urban cottage frontages concealing an earlier building campaign.

Listing NGR: SS8363300005

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