Nos 11 And 12 Including Workshop At Rear

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

BIDEFORD

SS4526 HIGH STREET 842-1/5/103 (South side) 19/03/73 Nos.11 AND 12 including workshop at rear

GV II

House, now sub-divided and with shop; disused workshops at rear. Early C18, remodelled early C19; shops and workshops late C19 and early C20. Painted brick front in Flemish bond. Slate roof. Double-depth plan, 3 rooms wide, with staircase in rear centre; rear wing, probably a later addition, at each side. 3 storeys; 3-window range: single-light window in centre, 2-light one at either side, that to right of second storey replaced by a late C19 canted wooden bay window. 2 late C19 or early C20 shop fronts. That to right (No 12) has inset, multi-curved front with mosaic pavement with inscription TRUSCOTT SQUIRE & SON. Second-storey windows have segmental arches with keystones. Both upper storeys have flush-framed barred sashes: 6 over 6 panes in second storey, 3 over 6 panes in third storey; left-hand third storey window differs in having 2-paned wood casements. At rear, round-headed stair window with glazing-bars. INTERIOR: late C18 or early C19 wood stair with continuous curving balustrade from 1st floor; 2-panelled door with raised-and-fielded one-fillet ovolo-moulded panel (No 11). Detached workshops, reported to have been used by a jeweller, are of stone rubble with timber-bonded brick and stone fronts.

Long ranges of windows, some with old glass; upper-storey panes carry scratched names and dates back to 1902, including '1915 6th Devons H. H. Griffin'.

Listing NGR: SS4536726572

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/1773 IOE Records taken by Tim Sanders; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Mr Tim Sanders. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project