Description

CHUDLEIGH FORE STREET (east side), Chudleigh
SX 8679
6/41 No 11, including iron railings to
the front

GV II

House, formerly Working Men's Reading Room and Library, established 1877 (White's
Directory). Stone rubble, the front elevation colourwashed and plastered; slate
roof, gabled at ends; stacks on north and south sides.
Eclectic late C19 style with robust Venetian detail.
2 storeys and attic. Rectangular plan, the gable end to the road with a central
entrance. The symmetrical 3-bay gabled front has a deep bracketed cornice returned
over the corner pilasters to form an open pediment; the pilasters have fielded
panels.
Central Tuscan porch with a half-glazed front door with panelled reveals and soffit.
On either side of the front door slightly recessed canted bay windows the architraves
rising as a segmental arch above the centre light with scallop shell and foliage
carving; sash windows with glazing bars, The right hand bay has been altered to
incorporate a C20 door. Above the porch a first floor sash with a shouldered
architrave and cornice carried on short pilasters with scallop carving. Round-headed
sashes to left and right with shouldered architraves, keystones and brackets. 1
second floor Venetian window with glazing bars in the gable. Iron railings enclose a
narrow area in front of the building.
Interior not inspected but contemporary features may survive.
The showy elevation to Fore Street makes an important contribution to the townscape.

Listing NGR: SX8681279528

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458080

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments