Description

BARNSTAPLE

SS558331SE HIGH STREET
684-1/9/165 (West side)
19/01/51 No.98

GV II

Shop with accommodation over. C17 with later remodelling in
the C18 and late C20. Painted brick; roof concealed behind
parapet. Originally deep plan, 2-rooms wide, ground floor now
gutted for shop use but preserving sections of plaster ceiling
on ground floor to former rear rooms on both sides.
3 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay early C19 front. Deep projecting
moulded eaves cornice with dentil frieze and parapet. C20 shop
front with plate-glass windows canted in to the door. Remains
of one C19 pilaster to left with large timber bracket. Remains
of moulded cornice in centre visible above C20 fascia. 3
first- and 3 second-floor windows with moulded architraves,
glazed with 2-pane sashes.
INTERIOR: ground floor preserves 2 different decorated plaster
ceilings, exposed through holes cut in C20 suspended ceiling;
fireplace on rear left wall largely concealed by modern shop
fittings. First floor not inspected but said to have
incomplete early C17 ribbed ceiling with large pendant.

Listing NGR: SS5582233130

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26664977

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