Description

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SS9127
15/71

DULVERTON CP
CHAPEL STREET (West side)
Dulverton Laundry

(Formerly listed under Chapel Lane (West Side))

GV
II

Crepe factory, now laundry, Late C18-early C19, partly refenestrated mid-late C20. Random rubble local stone, wooden
panels between windows, shallow pitched hipped slate roof. Plan: rectangular block originally identical north south
sides. Stairs east end. Three storeys, 5-bays, full height rubble piers, rubble plinth and cornice divided by many
paned leaded wooden casements second floor, 6-light end bay, two 4-light, one 3-light and 5-light wooden panels below,
first floor mostly replaced with C20 plate glass, ground floor north face masked by additions, south face some
casements still remaining, end bay right panelled over with square headed entrance, recessed 8-panel door with inserted
light, lit upper 2 storeys on returns. Commended by Pevsner as a good example of an early industrial building.
(Pevsner, Buildings of England, South and West Somerset, 1958).

Listing NGR: SS9128027765

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26540178

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Recommended Books

• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
• 
  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)