Description

DEVIZES

657/0/10013 ST JOHN'S STREET
05-MAR-03 10

GV II

Shop premises. Circa 1860s or 1870s remodelling of earlier building. Faced in red brick with moulded white brick dressings; roughcast at rear. Pantile roof with gabled ends and moulded brick eaves course.
PLAN: Small shop on ground floor with entrance on left and accommodation above.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, attic and cellar. Asymmetrical 2-bay west front with thin white brick nail-head string courses and guilloche friezes; cambered brick window and doorway openings with moulded brick arrises; ground floor small 3-light shop window and flush panel door on left with overlight; 1- and 2-light sashes on first floor with stone cills; small, but wide, raking dormer with small 4-pane casements and tile-hanging between. Rear east elevation is roughcast and has 12-pane sash window on first floor.
INTERIOR not inspected.
An example of a small Victorian brick building making a contribution to the variety of architectural styles in Devizes.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26388445

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)