Description

1.
5191 EAST STREET
(North Side)

No 115 (Bridge House)
including parapet wall
SY 4792 1/76

II GV

2.
1768 (date of building lease). Built by James Rooker, first Independant Minister,
as his home and an academy for the training of minister. A rare example of
a Dessenting Academy, and one of the forerunners of Western College, Plymouth.
Ashlar front. Hipped tile roof. 2 storeys and attics. Modillion eaves cornice.
Plinth and eaves cornice returned round giant angle pilasters. 5 ranges of
sashes with painted stone architraves and sills. 2 hipped dormers. Panelled
door with panelled reveals, moulded architrave, and hood on voluted console
brackets. East elevation has 4 cased sashes with glazing bars. Casement
windows behind. Rear part has old tile roof. Store parapet wall in front
with small gatepiers.

Nos 61 to 115 (odd) and wall from east end of No 115 form a group;

Listing NGR: SY4700892868

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26609731

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Recommended Books

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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)