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HER Number:MDV74758
Name:37 and 39 Victoria Road, Dartmouth

Summary

Pair of contemporary houses, mid 19th century, shops inserted on ground floor in late 19th or early 20th century. Three storeys with attics, symmetrical three-window front with paired central doorways.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 875 513
Map Sheet:SX85SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishDartmouth
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishTOWNSTAL

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • Old Listed Building Ref (II): 387388

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • HOUSE (XIX to XX - 1801 AD to 2000 AD (Between))

Full description

Department of Environment, 1972, Dartmouth, 44 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV155627.

Nos 35 to 43, Victoria Road. Early 19th century. Rendered. 3 storeys and attics, 3 windows each, sashes with glazing bars mostly. Some panelled doors. Slate roof.


Department of Environment, 1991, Dartmouth (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV350987.

The entry for Victoria Road (south side) Nos 35 to 43 (odd) shall be amended to read 'Victoria Road (south side) Nos 35 to 41 (odd)'.


Ordnance Survey, 2008, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV340009.


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

Pair of contemporary houses. Mid 19th century, shops inserted on ground floor in late 19th/early 20th century. Roughcast stone rubble; stone rubble end stacks with plastered brick chimneyshafts with old pots; slate roof. Plan: Double-depth, each a mirror plan of the other with central entrance passages. Exterior: 3 storeys with attics; symmetrical 3-window roughcast front. Paired central doorways to houses containing recessed top-glazed 6 panel doors with narrow overlights. Left-hand shop front modernised in the 20th century and right-hand one converted to a garage: remains of the late 19th/early 20th century timber shop front include a continuous fascia across both houses between end brackets. 12 pane sashes above, those on the first floor taller than those on the second. No central window at first-floor level and central blind window to the second floor. Plain eaves to parallel roof which contains 2 front 20th century dormers. Interior not inspected. This pair of houses is part of a good group of houses and shops all dating from the second quarter of the 19th century alongside New Road (now Victoria Road) which was built in 1825 to enable, for the first time, horse-drawn carriages in and out of the town.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV155627List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 1972. Dartmouth. Historic Houses Register. A4 Comb Bound. 44.
SDV340009Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2008. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Digital. [Mapped feature: #101983 ]
SDV350785National Heritage List for England: English Heritage. 2013. National Heritage List for England. Historic Houses Register. Digital.
SDV350987List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 1991. Dartmouth. Amendment to List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interes. A4 Single Sheet.

Associated Monuments

MDV23742Related to: 35 Victoria Road, Dartmouth (Building)
MDV74759Related to: 41 Victoria Road, Dartmouth (Building)
MDV85733Related to: 43 Victoria Road, Dartmouth (Building)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Mar 18 2013 4:00PM