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ILFRACOMBE
SS5247 MONTPELIER TERRACE
853-1/7/103 Nos.1-20 (Consecutive)
15/06/51 and attached railings
GV II
Terrace of 20 houses raised above road level. c1835. Stucco
with most ground floors chanelled to appear as ashlar; slate
roofs having dormers, No.12 with penthouse.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, attics and basements.
Nos. 1 & 2, paired to appear as one house with a canted bay
each and central blind window; Nos 3, 4 & 20 a canted bay
each; Nos 5 & 6, 3 windows each; Nos 7-19, 2 windows each.
Paired entrance to Nos. 1 & 2 with attached columns carrying a
pediment; panelled doors with overlights. No.3, round-arched
entrance with C20 door and fanlight. Nos 4-8 entrances with
fluted pilasters supporting broken pediments; Nos 9-19,
attached columns supporting triglyph imposts and broken
pediments. Fanlights with tracery to Nos. 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10,
11, 12, 13 16 (C20), 17. Fluted inner door surrounds to Nos 8
(plus plaster vault to porch), 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (original
door), 14, 15, 16, 17. Nos. 18 & 19, inner doors with
sidelights under elliptical heads. No.20, a plain entrance on
right-hand return.
All except Nos. 5 & 6 have 3-light canted bay windows to
ground floors. Nos 1-4 & 20, 3-light canted bays with hornless
sashes at 1st floor. Other windows, mostly hornless sashes, of
15 panes at 1st floor; No.7, 1st floor with casements having
Gothic shaped heads and overlights of V-shaped tracery.
INTERIORS not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: all lst floors except Nos 10, 11, 12 & 15
with continuous cast-iron C19 balconies; Nos 4 & 19 of plain
C20 design; Nos 3, 5, 18 & 20 of good design. Nos 6 & 7
supported on cast-iron columns. Attached cast-iron railings to
areas with pineapple or fleur-de-lis finials to Nos 9, 12, 13,
14, 15, 16, 18, 19.
Listing NGR: SS5218547578
