Description

BARNSTAPLE

SS5632 UNION PLACE
684-1/5/255 (East side)
31/08/88 No.1
(Formerly Listed as:
UNION PLACE
(East side)
No.1
(Drake House))

GV II

House, now hotel, incorporated with No.2 (qv). Early C19,
apparently with a slightly later extension on right-hand side.
Solid, rendered walls probably of stone or brick. Slated roof
with catslide at rear; red ridge-tiles. Double-fronted,
double-depth plan.
2 storeys. 3-window range, with a further window in extension
to right. Main building has sash windows, those at each end of
8 panes, except for the lower ground-storey sashes which have
12 panes; middle window of upper storey has 6-paned sashes.
Round-arched doorway in centre of ground storey; 6-panelled
door with knocker, fanlight with radial glazing bars.
Extension to right is set back slightly. Projecting, canted
bay window, probably a later insertion, in upper storey;
sashes, the middle ones 2-paned. Late C20 porch to hotel.
INTERIOR not inspected.
This house, together with No.2 Union Place (qv), has group
value both with Nos 1-6 Union Terrace (qv), Taw Vale, to the
south-west, and Holy Trinity Church (qv) to the north-east.

Listing NGR: SS5619732720

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26665170

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Recommended Books

• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  For the Record