Description

BARNSTAPLE

SS5533SE HIGH STREET
684-1/7/153 (West side)
31/08/88 No.84

GV II

House and shop. 1902. By FW Petter of Barnstaple. For Mr JT
White, pianoforte dealer. Painted brick front with cement
dressings. Slated roof, hipped at the front. Red brick chimney
on right-hand side wall.
3 storeys. 3-window range. Late C20 shop front, except that
the original fluted pilasters, surmounted by massive consoles,
remain at each end. Upper-storey windows have eared
architraves and cills supported by small brackets with a
fringe of guttae. Taller 2nd-storey windows have friezes with
triangular and segmental pediments. Front has rusticated
cement quoins and a top entablature with dentilled cornice.
INTERIOR not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the previous building on this site, with much
lower storey-levels, is shown in a photograph of 1886.
(Barnstaple Castle Records: Plans Committee Minute Book,
11.12.1901: 1901-; North Devon Journal: l2.1.1902: 1902-: 2;
North Devon Journal: 3.4.1902: 1902-: 8; North Devon Journal:
18.9.1902: 1902-: 3; Baxter J & Baxter J: Barnstaple
Yesterday: 1980-: PL 42).

Listing NGR: SS5577933222

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26664965

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)