Description

TIVERTON

SS9512 GOLD STREET, Tiverton
848-1/6/200 (South side)
14/12/72 No.45
(Formerly Listed as:
GOLD STREET
(South side)
Nos.45 AND 45A)

GV II

House, now restaurant with accommodation above near to River
Lowman. Mainly C18 but some suspected C17 build. Red brick
natural slate roof; cast-iron rainwater goods.
PLAN: room either side of entrance and 1 room and stair cell
deep. Staircase behind left-hand room. Rear lateral chimney
stack and diagonal stack to right. Rear left single-storey
wing at right angles to main range is built of early brick;
possibly kitchen to original range. 2 principal first floor
rooms with closets off.
EXTERIOR: front elevation brickwork painted. 2 storeys high
plus attic and 5 bay front. Half-hipped roof to right.
Rusticated stucco quoins. Street front has ground floor at
lower pavement level. Central entrance with pilastered
doorcase and wide fascia. 8-pane door with 2 panes at top
being glazed. Early C20 (post 1912) shop front to left of door
with small pane shop window; niche cornice over top. To right
are two 8-pane plus margin panes, hornless sash windows.
Keystones in flat segmental headed arches above. First floor
has four 8-pane plus margin pane hornless sash windows.
Blocked out window over front door. 2 raking dormer windows
with 2 leaf casements, each leaf having 2 panes.
Gold Street elevation has recessed bay to right holding a door
to left and passageway entrance leading to Sharland's Court to
right. 4-pane plus margin pane hornless sash window above in
roundheaded brick arch with no keystone. This belongs to No.45
which has a flying freehold over passageway.
Left return elevation facing the river is 3 storeys and 3
windows wide. Roof is hipped and gable ended. 2 18-pane C17
hornless sash windows remain and single top window in gable is
segmental headed arch with brick keystone and ends. This and 4
others are 8-pane plus margin panes, hornless sash windows.
INTERIOR: rich in early C18 features including 2 and 6 panel
doors with fielded panels. Ground-floor left room has early
C18 plaster cornice and decorated plaster ceiling with oval.
Original dogleg staircase remains including separate flight to
attic. Turned balusters, flat-hand rail for main stair, with
attic flight having splat balustrade. Plaster oval with
central leaf motif over stairwell.
Plaster cornice to first-floor left room which has original
fluted chimney piece and new mantle shelf. Blocked doorway
leading to No.43 at first-floor level. One original
chimneypiece in attic includes an early C18 cast-iron grate.

Listing NGR: SS9576312581

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26664656

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