Description

CREDITON

SS834000 CHURCH STREET
672-1/6/14 (West side)
11/10/72 No.1

GV II

House, now office. Probably c.1800, raised and altered in the
c.1870s. Roughcast with a slate Mansard roof; end stacks with
brick shafts to main block & similar to rear wing.
Plan: Main block 2 rooms wide with a rear left service wing at
right angles.
Exterior: 2 storeys and attic. Symmetrical 3-bay front.Timber
Tuscan doorcase with entablature and broken pediment; panelled
reveals; 6-panel front door, the upper panels glazed; plain
overlight. 2 ground and 3 first floor 4-pane sashes, probably
1870s, contemporary with the attic storey but in earlier
embrasures. Three 1870s gabled attic dormers with pierced
ridge tiles, deep eaves, shaped bargeborads forming a
round-headed arch and left and right pilasters. Dormers glazed
with 2-light casements, 3-panes per light with a round-headed
light above the moulded transom. The left return of the wing
preserves an early C19 16-pane sash.
Interior: Not inspected.
One of the directors of Berry and Vincent, a local building
firm, lived in this house. Group value with the parish church
and Grove Terrace.

Listing NGR: SS8356100197

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26584901

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)