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| HER Number: | MDV35426 |
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| Name: | 18 High Street, Totnes |
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Summary
Late 16th century or early 17th century merchant's house of "deux corps de batiments" type, remodelled and refronted in the early 19th century.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 802 604 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX86SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Totnes |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TOTNES |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX86SW/180
- Old Listed Building Ref (II): 427312
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SHOP (Unknown date)
- HOUSE (XVI to XIX - 1550 AD to 1850 AD (Between))
Full description
Department of Environment, 1978, Totnes, 67 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV342722.
Number 18 High Street (south side). Later 16th century or early 17th century merchant's house of "deux corps de batiments" type, remodelled and refronted in the early 19th century. 3 storeys. 1 window. The separate kitchen block and gallery have been demolished; the kitchen is recorded as having a frieze decorated with carved wooden busts. Hipped Welsh slate roof with rendered stack. Plastered, timber-framed front with rusticated pilaster strips on quoins masking masonry party walls. Jettied second floor carried at west end by moulded granite corbel. Second floor with architraved sash window with glazing bars. First floor with 3 lights, segmental bowed sash window with glazing bars. Wooden shopfront with pilasters carrying entablature; modern shop window and doorway. Architraved house doorway with raised and fielded 6 panel door approached by steps; rectangular fanlight with margin lights. Interior altered, with early 19th century staircase and chimneypieces. A rental of 1675 refers to Dr Richard Burthogge. "for pillars before his house" (citing M. Laithwaite).
Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.
Google, 2013, Google Streetview (Website). SDV350787.
The building is currently used as a shop.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV342722 | List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 1978. Totnes. Historic Houses Register. A4 Comb Bound. 67. |
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| SDV348725 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2012. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #88587 ] |
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| SDV350787 | Website: Google. 2013. Google Streetview. http://maps.google.co.uk. Website. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 20 2018 3:51PM |
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