Description

TIVERTON

SS9512 BAMPTON STREET, Tiverton
848-1/6/115 (West side)
14/12/72 Nos.24, 26 AND 28

GV II

3 houses, now shops with accommodation over. Early C18 and
later. Flemish bond brick, partly painted, partly
smooth-rendered; natural slate roof, gabled at ends, No.24
turnerised; axial stack with brick shafts; 2 rear stacks with
rendered shafts. May originally have been 2 houses.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with 2-storey addition to No.24 at the
left end. Asymmetrical 4:3-window front. No.24 has deep eaves
and moulded paired brackets, 24 & 26 have similar cornices but
with scallop shells between the brackets.
No.24, to the left, has a C18 doorcase to the left with
pilasters with sunk panels and fluted capitals. C20 glazed
door. Alongside to the right there is a C20 shop front with a
fascia between large brackets and a central door and curved
glass windows.
No.26 has a plate glass 2-light early C20 shop window with a
moulded sill, a half-glazed door with margin panes and a low
panel. No.24 has boxed, hornless 12-pane sashes.
Nos.26 & 28 have a first floor platband and retain one 12-pane
first floor unhorned sash, the others are reglazed as 4-pane
sashes, some with moulded architraves.
No.24 has a 2 storey addition at the left end with a C20 shop
window and 12-pane hornless sash above.
INTERIOR: part of No.24 inspected. This retains a good c1710
plaster cornice to the second floor right-hand room, and
appears to have extended further to the right. The other
properties may retain features of interest.

Listing NGR: SS9557812645

Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  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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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  For the Record