Description

BARNSTAPLE

SS5533 BOUTPORT STREET
684-1/6/69 (West side)
31/12/73 Nos.122 AND 123

GV II

House, divided into flats, shops and offices. Probably C18.
Painted Flemish-bond brick; slate roof, gabled at ends; stacks
not visible from front elevation. Courtyard plan arrangement.
Main range fronts Boutport Street; rear right wing at right
angles, rear range parallel to front range, made up of 2 small
service blocks.
2 storeys. Pretty guilloche eaves cornice. Asymmetrical
5-window range. 2 shop fronts to the left, doorway to office
to right of centre. Recessed panelled door to office with flat
porch hood with frieze. Two 2-pane sashes to ground-floor
right. Late C19/early C20 shop fronts have pilasters with
brackets flanking the fascias; 2-pane windows and are canted
into half-glazed shop doors. 5 first-floor 2-pane windows with
segmental heads and keyblocks, one preserving margin panes.
INTERIOR: retains some features of interest including plaster
cornice to hallway of No.123, original stair rises off
entrance passage. Buildings in rear courtyard are interesting
examples of unaltered rear service buildings, rare in an urban
context.

Listing NGR: SS5579433507

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26664870

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