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Summary

Double-fronted two storey house built circa 1821, symmetrical three window front with central round-headed doorway.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1385209: 19, LITCHDON STREET

Other References/Statuses

• Old Listed Building Ref: 485671

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HOUSE (Early, XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Southwest Archaeology, 2013, Greater Barnstaple Area Project Database, BHBS Mapping Area 867 (Un-published). SDV351581.

Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.

English Heritage, 2013, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV350785.

Formerly known as: Litchdon Terrace Litchdon Street. House. Solid, rendered walls, probably of stone or brick. Slated roof with red ridge-tiles. Red brick chimney, with projecting brickcourse and moulded cap forming an entablature, on each gable-wall; left-hand chimney rebuilt in replica. Low gable parapets. Double-fronted. 2 rooms deep; central entrance passage leading to staircase at rear. 2 storeys. 3-window range. Windows have moulded architraves; sashes with 2 upright glazing bars forming margin panes. Round-arched doorway in centre, recessed within another round-arched opening with moulded architrave; 6-panel door, with patterned fanlight above, set well back; lobby in front has ceiling with plaster groined vault. Front flanked by pilasters, shared with adjoining houses. Moulded eaves cornice. Interior: in 1985, only entrance passage and staircase inspected. Doorway with moulded and enriched architrave to left of passage. Geometrical wooden stair with thin, square-section balusters and shaped step-ends. Moulded cornice at top of stair compartment. Historical note: the house was leased out by the Corporation in 1821 to Philip Hodge of Barnstaple, builder, who had 'lately erected' it. Nos 17-20 were then known as Litchdon Terrace. Part of a formerly uniform terrace including Nos 17, 18 & 20 (qqv). (Barnstaple Castle Documents, Surveys: 89).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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