Description

TIVERTON

SS9512 ST PETER STREET, Tiverton
848-1/6/279 (West side)
14/12/72 No.8

GV II

House. Early C18 with 1980s renovations and alterations. mass
wall construction, front elevation stuccoed and blocked out;
gabled asbestos slate roof; axial stack with brick shaft.
PLAN: one room wide, 2 rooms deep with axial stack serving
back to back fireplaces in front and rear rooms. Side passage
to right gives lobby entrance on right return and extends to
lead down to garden (and river) and former outhouse, now
incorporated as an extension.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic with a lower roofline than most
of the houses in St Peter Street. Vertical plank door to side
passage. 16-pane hornless sash to left. 2 early C18 first
floor 12-pane boxed sashes with thick glazing bars;
segmental-headed attic dormer glazed with 2-light casements, 6
panes per light.
INTERIOR: plain. Roof has 2 tiers of threaded purlins, apex
concealed at time of survey.
HISTORY: this is a nice example of a very modest,
neatly-planned C18 town house preserving two early windows. It
is earlier than many of the larger townhouses in Tiverton
which were rebuilt after a succession of fires.

Listing NGR: SS9537912601

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26664725

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990