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HER Number: | MDV95957 |
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Name: | 3-11 Taw Vale Parade, Barnstaple |
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Summary
Terrace, originally of 10 houses, now mostly used as offices, restaurants etc. Probably 1840s. Makes an important contribution to a fine group of 19th century town houses on Taw Vale Parade.
Location
Grid Reference: | SS 559 328 |
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Map Sheet: | SS53SE |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Barnstaple |
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District | North Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | BARNSTAPLE |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old Listed Building Ref: 485812
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TERRACE (XIX to XXI - 1840 AD to 2013 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.
English Heritage, 2013, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV350785.
3-11 Taw Vale Parade.
Terrace, originally of 10 houses (old list description), now mostly used as offices, restaurants etc. Probably 1840s, when Taw Vale was developed. Smooth-plastered mass wall construction; natural slate roofs; stacks with rendered shafts with some old pots. Centre 4 houses 3-storey, flanked by 3-storey-and-attic houses with lower rooflines and basements. Symmetrical 7:8:7-window range. Centre block has moulded eaves brackets and an eaves band; outer houses have cornices below parapets and mansard roofs. Ground floor with channelled rustication with moulded string at first-floor level. Round-headed doorways to outer blocks and round-headed windows, mostly glazed with plate glass sashes. First-floor windows have moulded architraves, some retaining probably original 12-pane sashes, some reglazed with later timber sashes. The middle block is more ornate with an anthemion balcony on iron brackets to the first floor and high-transomed French windows with cornices on consoles; second floor 12-pane sashes. The right-hand house of the right-hand block has a c1860s' cast-iron balcony.
Interior: not inspected but may retain features of interest.
This terrace makes an important contribution to a fine group of C19 town houses on Taw Vale Parade. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N and Cherry B: Devon: London: 1989-: 159).
Sources / Further Reading
SDV350785 | National Heritage List for England: English Heritage. 2013. National Heritage List for England. Historic Houses Register. Digital. |
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SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #109874 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | May 7 2013 9:10AM |
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