23 And 24, Southside Street

PLYMOUTH

SX4854SW SOUTHSIDE STREET, Barbican 740-1/62/61 (North side) 01/05/75 Nos.23 AND 24 (Formerly Listed as: SOUTHSIDE STREET, Plymouth Nos.23 AND 24)

GV II

Large town house, later subdivided and fitted with shopfronts. Early C18. Stucco or render on probable studwork; steep roof, hipped on the left, over projecting eaves with large and widely-spaced dentils: asbestos slate to No.23 (left) and dry slate to No.24; 2 hipped roof dormers at different levels; probable rear lateral stacks. Single-depth plan. 3 storeys plus attic; overall 6-window range with blind 2nd-floor window between the houses, possibly originally a 7-window range but now blind to left and totally blind to 1st floor of No.23 due to the insertion of a tall shopfront. No.23 has C20 2-light casements and early C20 transomed corner shopfront with glazing bars above the transom and doorway to splayed corner. No.24 is a 3-window range with C20 4-pane horned sashes in original openings. Ground floor has full-width late C20, or remodelled C19, 6-light double shopfront with squat moulded fascia and house doorway on its right. INTERIOR: not inspected but may retain features of interest. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 663).

Listing NGR: SX4819354146