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Latitude: 51.0784 / 51°4'42"N
Longitude: -4.0581 / 4°3'29"W
OS Eastings: 255926
OS Northings: 133021
OS Grid: SS559330
Mapcode National: GBR KQ.DCSZ
Mapcode Global: FRA 26D8.DW8
Plus Code: 9C3Q3WHR+9Q
Entry Name: Barum House
Listing Date: 31 December 1973
Last Amended: 29 December 1999
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1385352
English Heritage Legacy ID: 485814
Location: Barnstaple, North Devon, Devon, EX32
County: Devon
Civil Parish: Barnstaple
Built-Up Area: Barnstaple
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Barnstaple St Peter and St Mary Magdalene
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
BARNSTAPLE
SS5533SE THE SQUARE
684-1/7/237 (North side)
31/12/73 Barum House
(Formerly Listed as:
THE SQUARE
(North side)
House on corner of Diamond Street
(formerly occupied by dentist))
GV II
House. Early C18, with late C19 additions. Solid rendered
walls. Slated roof. Rendered chimney on each gable end; red
brick ones just behind centre of ridge and on rear gable of
wing. Probably double-fronted and 2 rooms deep, with late C19
rear wing to right.
2 storeys. 6-window range with flanking giant pilasters, each
with a section of triglyphed frieze on top, the boxed eaves
cornice breaking forward above it. Ground storey altered in
late C19. Centre doorway with deep glazed porch supported at
the front by cast-iron columns with enriched capitals. At
either side a flat-topped canted bay window. Upper-storey
windows have plain sashes in box-frames. Side elevation to
Diamond Street has sashes with margin-panes. INTERIOR not
inspected.
(Baxter J & Baxter J: Barnstaple Yesterday: Bristol: 1980-: PL
66, 101).
Listing NGR: SS5592633021
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