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HER Number: | MDV79129 |
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Name: | Causeway House, Northam Road, Bideford |
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Summary
Detached house, now divided into 4 flats. Early 19th century, with a 20th century addition.
Location
Grid Reference: | SS 450 271 |
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Map Sheet: | SS42NE |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Bideford |
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District | Torridge |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | BIDEFORD |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old Listed Building Ref (II): 375908
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HOUSE (XIX to XX - 1801 AD to 1950 AD (Between))
Full description
English Heritage, 2011, Historic Houses Register (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV346128.
1-4 (consecutive) Causeway House (Formerly Listed as: Northam Road, Causeway House).
Detached house, now divided into 4 flats. Early 19th century, with 20th century addition facing road. Solid rendered walls. Hipped slate roof.Rendered chimneys; that on S side-wall has paired octagonal shafts with panelled sides. Double-depth plan, with low closet-wings at each end of the road-frontage.
2 storeys with single-storey closets. Garden front of 5-window range, the end windows set in slightly projecting pavilions with hipped roofs. Centre of ground storey has an Ionic order of 4 columns with Doric end-piers supporting an entablature; resembles a porch but is set directly against the wall-face. Doorway in centre (now blocked). French window at either side. Centre upper-storey window blind; sash-window at either side with 4 over 9 panes plus margin-panes. Pavilion windows have 6-paned sashes, except that the upper second-storey sashes have only 3 panes; the ground-storey windows have the outline of fomrer straight hood-moulds. Deep boxed eaves cornices,
those over the pavilions with a greater projection and shaped brackets.
Left (south) side wall has round-arched doorway with chamfered surround and keystone; 4-panelled door, the top 2 panels now glazed; patterned fanlight. Right side wall (visible from Meadowville Road) has upper-storey canted bay window with barred sashes and top cornice: 6 over 6 panes in centre, 4 over 4 panes at either side.
Rear elevation facing Northam Road has gabled closet-wings, each having a round-arched window with 6-paned sashes; at either side paired Doric pilasters supporting a plain projection.
Interior not inspected.
Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV346128 | List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: English Heritage. 2011. Historic Houses Register. Historic Houses Register. Website. |
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SDV348725 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2012. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #105929 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Apr 7 2015 12:41PM |
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