Description

BUCKFASTLEIGH

SX7366 FORE STREET
1011-1/6/79 (South side)
06/01/83 No.32
(Formerly Listed as:
FORE STREET
(South side)
Nos.32-36 (Consecutive))

GV II

Shown as 28 & 32 on OS map.
House including shop. Single build with neighbouring houses to
the right. c1700. Local grey limestone rubble, front elevation
stuccoed and blocked out, rear elevation above cartway
slate-hung probably on timber frame; peg-slate cement-slurried
roof, half hipped at left end, continuous with No.33 at right
end; 3 stacks with local grey stone rubble shafts. Plan: deep
plan associated with a rear court (Fowlers Court). Main block
one-room wide, one-room deep with a left end and rear lateral
stack. Rear service wing with left end stack. Cartway to left
with room over with external steps up. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys.
Asymmetrical 1:1-window front (one window above cartway). Deep
coved eaves extend across main block only. Late C19 projecting
shop front with fascia and cornice. Plate-glass shop windows
with moulded frames canted in towards glazed shop door with
overlight. First-floor late C19 or early C20 canted bay window
with modillion eaves cornice, glazed with 2-pane horned
sashes. Late C18 16-pane hornless boxed sash window above
cartway. Left return of main block has blocked doorway into
cartway. Rear wing has 3 early C19 small-pane sashes on left
side and catslide roof to rear. The external steps to the room
over the cartway are an attractive feature of the rear court.
INTERIOR: plain. Party wall with No.33 is studwork; said to be
evidence of doorway through.

Listing NGR: SX7399466121

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504130

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)