Description

BARNSTAPLE

SS5533 THE STRAND
684-1/7/249 (North East side)
31/08/88 West View

GV II

House and shop. Probably C17 or earlier; possibly enlarged in
C18. Solid, roughcast walls, apparently of stone rubble. Roof
of front range slated; rear ranges pantiled. No chimney
visible from street. Plan consists of 3 single-depth ranges,
interior arrangmement considerably altered.
2 storeys. 1-window range, remodelled late C19 or early C20.
Shop windows in ground storey; canted bay window, off-centre
to right, in upper storey. Right-hand side wall (exposed to
side passage) has early or mid C19 sashes in middle range; an
8-paned sash in ground storey, 2 sashes with 4 full panes and
marginal quarter panes in upper storey.
INTERIOR: has few exposed features in ground storey: a heavy,
plain upper-floor beam in rear room, a fireplace with C19
marble surround and coloured patterned tiles in right-hand
rear corner of middle range. Upper floor and roof structure
not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: old photographs show a chimney on right-hand
gable of front range. Front had 2 ordinary sash windows in
upper storey. Owner says his title deeds, dating back to
Charles II, describe the building as a former Customs House,
although John Wood's map of 1843 shows that a building a
little further south was then used for this purpose.
The modest scale of this building in a part of town much
rebuilt in C18 and C19, and the great thickness of the walls
separating the ranges, suggests that this is a building of C17
or earlier. It is likely to have features of interest
concealed under plaster, and possibly an early roof structure.
(Wood J: Map of Barnstaple: 1843-).

Listing NGR: SS5575033109

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26665161

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