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Summary

Terrace of three early 19th century houses. Each house has a two storey symmetrical three bay front with central front door, and there are pilasters at each end of the terrace and dividing the houses.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1297305: BLAGDON TERRACE AND ATTACHED GARDEN WALLS TO FRONT

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS80SW/88
• Old Listed Building Ref (II): 386955

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TERRACE (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1855-1895, First Edition 1:500 Town Map (Cartographic). SDV338879.

'Blagdon Terrace' marked.

Department of Environment, 1972, Urban District of Crediton, 2 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV39769.

Nos 1 to 3 Blagdon Terrace. 1820-30, block of 2 storey, 3 windows (each house). Roughcast. Wide eaves with coupled brackets. Pilasters with cap panels. Slate roof, hipped. 6-panel doors, with panelled reveals to cases, and lozenged fanlights. Conservatory added to No 1. Well designed row, with strip of front garden and central granite steps. 12 foot high screen wall right in red stone with slate cope.

WSP Environmental Ltd, 2005, Mill Street, Crediton: Archaeological Assessment, Appendix 1 (Report - Assessment). SDV338960.

Exeter Archaeology, 2006, Archaeological assessment of a proposed college site to the east of Exhibition Road, Crediton, 1 (Report - Assessment). SDV337881.

Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.

English Heritage, 2012, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV348729.

Nos.1,2 & 3 Blagdon Terrace and attached garden walls to the front. Terrace of 3 houses. Probably 1820s. Roughcast; slate roof with lead rolls; axial and end stacks have brick shafts with brick bands and old pots. Plan: Each house is 2 rooms with a central entrance and service rooms in rear lean-to. Exterior: 2 storeys. 3:3:3-bay front, each house symmetrical. Hipped roof with deep eaves on paired moulded brackets. Pilasters at each end of the terrace and dividing the houses have an order of egg and dart moulding and incised Anthemion decoration at the top. Original sunk panel decoration to pilasters filled in, one original survives on the left return on No 1. Central front doors with doorcases with pilasters with sunk, moulded panels and entablatures with deep cornices; panelled reveals. 6-panel front doors, the overlights with geometric glazing bars and margin panes except No 3, which has been replaced with 2 panes. 2 ground floor and 3 first floor windows, all glazed with 12-pane sashes. No 1 has a lean-to conservatory added to the front. 2-storey rear lean-to with catslide roof. Low stone-coped walIs enclosing gardens to front are included in the listing. Interior: Not inspected but may retain features of interest.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4176 - College Site to the east of Exhibition Road in Crediton
• EDV4270 - Mill Street, Crediton

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