Description

PLYMOUTH

SX4554 THEATRE OPE, Devonport
740-1/54/181 (South side)
No.3
The Shakespeare Public House

GV II

Public house. c1870-80. Stucco; slate or asbestos slate hipped
roof behind heavily-moulded parapet entablature; stuccoed
lateral stack with moulded cornice near centre of front.
Shallow double-depth plan with entrance to splayed corner.
3 storeys; 2:1:4-window 1st-floor range including left-hand
return. Late C19 4-pane horned sashes; channelled rustication
and segmental arches to ground floor (right) string above;
moulded 1st-floor architraves with tall keys rising to moulded
hoods; simpler 2nd-floor architraves with rounded upper
corners and sill brackets. Corner shopfront has full-width
moulded entablature over 1:1:2:1 bays divided by pilasters;
there are doorways with overlights and panelled doors to 2nd
from left and to right-hand bays; the shop windows are
transomed and have margin lights over panelled stall risers.
INTERIOR: not inspected but may be as unaltered as the
exterior.
Part of a good group of buildings in the centre of Devonport.

Listing NGR: SX4557654456

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Shakespeare Public House official website
• Wikidata Q26666173

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)