Description

AVENUE PLACE,
Combe Down

No. 2 (Formerly Listed as:
THE AVENUE, Combe Down
(East side) No. 2 Avenue Place)
05/08/75

GV II

Shop, with accommodation over. Mid C19 wing to existing C18 house (qv No.3).

MATERIALS: Rendered, probably over brick, Welsh slate roof.
PLAN: Narrow single depth plan projecting forward towards road from No.3.
EXTERIOR: Two storeys, one window. Small modern shop front to ground floor with timber mullions and plain fascia and stallriser, and modern plastic blind. Two mid C19 four-pane sashes above. Roof hipped to front.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
HISTORY: Avenue Place was one of the earliest developments in Combe Down, dating from the mid-C18 (it is shown on a drawing of 1759). This shop was formerly the Carriage Inn, which took its name from the stone-bearing wagons used in the local quarries.
SOURCES: Peter Addison, Around Combe Down (1998), 65.

Listing NGR: ST7596562357

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26673262

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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