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Summary

House with shop, built in 1850 by R. D. Gould. Side walls retain earlier work, including some of at least the 17th century.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1385177: 93, HIGH STREET

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SHOP (XIX to XXI - 1850 AD to 2013 AD (Between))

Full description

Southwest Archaeology, 2013, Greater Barnstaple Area Project Database, Mapping Area BHBS 1040 (Un-published). SDV351581.

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

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

93 High Street.
House with shop. 1850. By RD Gould of Barnstaple. Side walls retain earlier work, including some of at least C17. Stone rubble, rendered externally. Slated roof. Gallery-and-back-block, apparently rebuilt in this form in 1850. Front block partitions removed, but position of chimneys suggests the plan was one room wide and 2 long rooms deep. Back block 3 rooms deep, the room at the front divided from the others by a stone wall. Courtyard between the blocks infilled in ground storey; C19 gallery to left in upper storeys. Former kitchen at rear of back block. 3 storeys. one window wide. Shop front had been removed by 1993. 2nd storey has tripartite window with narrow side-lights. Panelled flanking pilasters support entablature with enriched frieze and dentilled cornice; latter is broken in centre by a segmental pediment on moulded consoles. Window contains coloured leaded glass. Similar window in 3rd storey, but here a deep panelled frieze is surmounted above the whole window by a triangular pediment, this breaking forward from a moulded top cornice and blocking-course. In centre of pediment is a wreath. Barred sashes with 4 panes in the centre and 2 at the sides; moulded cill continued as a plain band across whole front.
Interior: was being substantially rebuilt at time of inspection. Walls were stripped of plaster, showing high up on left side wall of front block, about half-way down, the chamfered stone frame of a former window. In front section of back block is a C19 wooden dogleg stair with closed strings, column newels and thin square balusters (most missing). Front block has king-post-and-ridge roof. Back block has A-frame roof without tie beam, collars pegged to faces of principal rafters. All rear windows have small-paned late C20 wood windows.
Historical Note: builder says that in cellar and behind ground-storey panelling he found the name D (or B?) A Lilley in C19 handwriting with date 1850. The house stands in the middle of a long row of listed buildings. Until 1959 it belonged to the Barnstaple Bridge Trust. In 1857 the occupants were William Lilley & Co, linen and woollen drapers. (Cruse JB: The Long Bridge of Barnstaple: Barnstaple: 1982-: 17, 28-9 (PL); Billing M: Directory of Devon: 1857-: 239).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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