Description

BIDEFORD

SS4526 SILVER STREET
842-1/6/219 (East side)
Nos.11-14 (Consecutive)

GV II

Terrace of 4 houses. Early or mid C19. Solid rendered front
walls. Slate roofs. Chimneys on each end-wall and on
party-wall between Nos 12 and 13; the latter rendered, the
former of old red brick, except that top of right-hand chimney
has been rebuilt.
2 storeys; built as 2 mirrored pairs, each with adjacent
doorways in the centre and a window at the outer end of each
storey; Nos 11-12 have in addition a window centrally placed
above the doorways, apparently belonging to No 12. To Nos
11-12 the doorways are flanked and separated by pilasters with
pointed-arched panels, these supporting an entablature with
bracketed cornice; 6-panelled doors, No 11 with the top 2
panels glazed and a small-paned fanlight above. Doorways at
Nos 13-14 similar, but pilasters not panelled and instead of
an entablature there is a cornice on large brackets;
4-panelled door at No 14.
Windows at all 4 houses have flat shaped surrounds with jambs
resembling masonry quoins. 6-paned box-framed sashes at No 12;
10-paned ones in ground storey at No 14, 8-paned ones in
second storey. Sashes with horns at Nos 11 and 13, each sash
with 2 upright glazing-bars forming margin-panes. Attached to
the wall-face at Nos 13-14 are 3 large cement eagles and a
cherub-head, a later addition. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS4527926371

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571842

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)