Description

DARTMOUTH

SX874510 MARKET STREET
673-1/8/174 (East side)
23/10/72 No.7
(Formerly Listed as:
MARKET STREET
(East side)
Nos.6 AND 7)

GV II

House. c1830. Mixed construction; plastered stone rubble with
roughcast timber-framing to the upper floors of front
(probably formerly slate-hung); end stacks with rendered brick
chimneyshafts and old pots; slate roof.
PLAN: Built as the northern half of a pair with No.6 (qv); one
room deep, 2 rooms wide with central stair.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attic; symmetrical 2-window front.
Plastered ground-floor level, roughcast above. Ground floor
has 16-pane sashes either side of central doorway which is
recessed up 2 steps and contains a C20 door under an original
overlight with a pattern of glazing bars. First-floor French
windows with glazing bars and margin lights give onto balcony
fenced with ornate cast-ironwork featuring Vitruvian scrolls,
anthemiae and the like. Second floor has 12-pane sashes. Deep
eaves with plain plastered soffit. Roof is gable-ended. Rear
elevation is plastered and includes mostly C20 replacement
windows although the long narrow stair window and a
second-floor horned 4-pane sash may be C19.
INTERIOR: Not inspected but likely to be of interest.
HISTORY: The area was developed in the 1820s and 1830s on the
site of the infilled mill pool and contains a good group of
C19 buildings around the Market Square.

Listing NGR: SX8768651446

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26584707

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Recommended Books

• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)