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BARNSTAPLE

SS5533SE DIAMOND STREET
684-1/7/111 (East side)
31/12/73 No.1
Tavern in the Town Public House
(Formerly Listed as:
DIAMOND STREET
No.1
Albert Inn)

II

Public house. Probably mid or late C17, with superficial
remodelling and addition of left rear wing in mid C19;
adjoining this wing on the Silver Street frontage, an addition
of similar C19 date, probably a separate house originally.
Rendered red brick, the earliest parts in English bond (brick
dimensions 8.5-9 x 2-2.5 inches); right-hand side wall is at
least partly of timber-bonded C19 brick. Tarred slated roof
with areas of pantile at the rear; decorated barge-boards on
left gable of main range to Diamond Street. Latter has
original red brick chimney with rebuilt top on right gable;
late C19 cream brick chimney on left gable. House incorporated
on Silver Street frontage has rendered chimney on right gable.
Diamond Street range has 2-room plan with gable fireplaces and
central through-passage; partition between left-hand room and
passage now removed. Staircase (straight flight) adjoining
passage on right probably occupies original stair position.
Original rear wing on right, apparently never heated.
2 storeys. 3-window range to Diamond Street. Upper-storey and
right-hand ground-storey windows are long and low, probably
occupying the space of former C17 mullioned windows; now
replaced by 3-part C19 windows with 2-pane sashes in centre
and 4-pane casements at either side. Left-hand ground-storey
window has late C19 sashes of 8 panes. Centre door mid C19
with 6 flush panels.
Front to Silver Street has windowless gable to main range.
Wing to left has 1 window in each storey. Incorporated house
to left again is 2-window range. Inserted garage recessed
glazed doors to left. Casement window of 3 lights to right
with 2-pane transom lights. Upper storey has 8-pane casement
windows of C19 containing old glass; 2 lights to left, 3 to
right.
INTERIOR: inspected while ground storey was stripped out in
1986. Walls of main range mostly of original brick apart from
some alterations in rear wall and left-hand (N) end of front
wall, which has been wholly rebuilt in C19.
A notable example of C17 brickwork in Devon.

Listing NGR: SS5596533063