36, Looe Street

PLYMOUTH

SX4854SW LOOE STREET, Barbican 740-1/62/20 (South side) 25/01/54 No.36 (Formerly Listed as: LOOE STREET, Plymouth No.36)

GV II*

Merchant's house. Early C17. Render on timber frame and rubble; Steep dry slate roof with eaves projecting over oriels. Double-depth plan including C20 additions at the rear. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; 2nd floor with C17 oak canted oriel with moulded frame at left and right and a wide horizontal-sliding sash filling the space between, all with glazing bars; the 1st floor with similar but much wider oriel with 6 lights with moulded mullions with small-paned casements; moulded cornice and hipped slate roof above. The 3 oriel windows are carried on shaped and carved brackets under the splays plus a central bracket under the 1st-floor window. Ground floor has canted shop window with glazing bars and hipped roof on the left; the panelled door and moulded frame on the right are copied from the C17 originals which are in the Museum. INTERIOR: not inspected. A fine early C17 merchant's house, particularly notable for the fenestration to the facade which defines the principal living areas on the upper floors. Part of a significant group of C17 and C18 houses. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 664).

Listing NGR: SX4812854364