Description

TIVERTON

SS9512 ST PETER STREET, Tiverton
848-1/6/287 (West side)
14/12/72 No.24

GV II

House, including area railings. Said to be 1844 (information
from the owner). Smooth-plastered mass wall construction; said
to have cob party wall with No.26 (qv). Roof and stacks not
visible from the street. 2 rooms wide with doorway to left;
narrow area in front with access to basement.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and basement. Asymmetrical but regular
2-bay front. Left and right pilasters; ground floor has
chanelled rustication; eaves cornice on brackets is broken
forward over the pilasters; moulded cornice at first-floor
level. Projecting porch to left with parapet with sunk panels
and cornice which breaks forward over left and right
pilasters. 4-panel door with sunk panels and planted
mouldings; fanlight with spoke glazing bars. Porch has
round-headed window on right return with margin panes and
coloured and etched glass. Segmental-headed basement windows
glazed with 12-pane sashes. Ground-floor window is a
tripartite sash with a proud architrave and sunk panels below
the cill. Window glazed with 12-pane central sash flanked by
4-pane sashes. 2 first-floor 12-pane sashes with moulded
architraves; 2 second-floor 3 over 6-pane sashes.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: cast-iron area railings have
round-on-plan standards with leafy finials.
INTERIOR: not inspected but reputed to be very intact with
plaster cornices and other features.

Listing NGR: SS9537812663

Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)