Description

CREDITON

SS826000 MARKET STREET
672-1/5/122 (West side)
11/10/72 Nos.3-6 (Consecutive)
(Formerly Listed as:
MARKET STREET
Nos.2-6 (Consecutive))

GV II

Terrace of 4 houses, now in use as commercial buildings.
c.1836, part of a substantial development centred on moving
the market from the High Street. Flemish bond red brick; slate
roofs behind parapet; axial stacks with corbelled brick
shafts. Italianate style.
Plan: probably double depth, each house 1 room wide with an
entrance to the left in a slightly projecting block.
Exterior: 3 storeys. Asymmetrical 2:2:2:2-bay front with a
left end pilaster and platbands at first and second floor
level carried out round the pilaster, as is the moulded
cornice below the parapet. Each house is broken forward in the
left hand bay, which is narrower, and contains the front door.
Rusticated quoins to a round-headed doorway with panelled
reveals and a 4-panel door with a fanlight with teardrop
glazing. Above the front door a high-transomed small pane
casement with margin panes; second floor round-headed sash
window with spoke glazing bars. The right hand bay has a
segmental headed recess around the window, which is a 12-pane
segmental-headed sash with a moulded architrave. First floor
window above is a 12-pane sash, also with moulded architrave;
second floor window matches that in the left hand bay. Nos 3
and 4 are very complete. No 5 has a blocked door and has lost
its fanlight. No 6 has a replaced door and a plainer fanlight
with spoke glazing bars.
Interior: Not inspected but may retain features of interest.
The market area development is surprisingly sophisticated for
a small provincial town and the surviving buildings form an
important group.

Listing NGR: SS8321400364

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26584920

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version