Description

BARNSTAPLE

SS5533SE HIGH STREET
684-1/7/149 (West side)
31/12/73 No.75

GV II

House, now shop. Early C18 with minor mid/late C19
alterations. Red brick front with painted details, probably of
stone and wood. Slated roof. Rendered chimney on left gable
end. 3 storeys. 3-window range. Ground storey and lower part
of 2nd storey wholly altered to insert late C20 shop front.
Upper storeys have segmental-headed windows with keystones;
those in 2nd storey shortened with 2-paned, 2-light wood
casements; those in 3rd storey with sashes in moulded
box-frames, 1 over 2 panes with margin-panes. Giant Doric
pilasters at each end of front, each with a section of
pulvinated frieze above supporting a prominent dentilled and
bracketed cornice.
HISTORICAL NOTE: in 1674 this property was described as 'the
Shoomakers Land of the Corporacion of Barnstaple'. In 1921 it
was sold off by the Trustees of the Cordwainers' Charity of
Barnstaple.
(Title Deeds).

Listing NGR: SS5574933282

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26664962

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)