Description

TIVERTON

SS9512 ST PETER STREET, Tiverton
848-1/6/299 (West side)
14/12/72 No.46

GV II

House, now partly used as office and restaurant. c1840s. Mass
wall construction, stuccoed and blocked out; left end stack
with rendered shaft; roof concealed by parapet.
PLAN: one room wide, double-depth plan with entrance to the
right into a passage with a stair rising at the rear of the
passage.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys. Asymmetrical but 3-bay front. Deep
projecting moulded cornice below parapet. Chanelled
rustication to ground floor; moulded string to first floor
sill level. Doorway at ground floor right has shallow
pilastered doorcase with cornice with central recessed 4-panel
front door with overlight and glazed 2-pane side lights. All
windows gave moulded architraves and are glazed with 4-pane
hornless sashes. Ground-floor windows have cornices;
first-floor windows have cornices on consoles; second floor
have sill brackets. Basement windows glazed with 12-pane
sashes.
4-panel basement door sited below front door. 4-window
elevation has 2 round-headed stair windows, a parapet,
small-pane sashes and a verandah with cast-iron lattice panels
supporting a lean-to slate roof. Ground-floor windows have
moulded architraves.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: to the left of the front door there are
area steps and railing. The railings have bud and leaf finials
to the verticals.

Listing NGR: SS9539612737

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