34, New Street

PLYMOUTH

SX4854SW NEW STREET, Barbican 740-1/62/39 (South side) 25/01/54 No.34 (Formerly Listed as: NEW STREET, Plymouth Nos.34 AND 35)

GV II*

Merchant's house, one of an original pair. C17, remodelled to front probably mid C19. MATERIALS: stuccoed front, timber frame with close-set studs at rear and to right-hand side of wing (the 2nd floor originally slate-hung); rendered brick to rear wall of wing; steep dry slate roofs, rear gable of front range shared with No.35 (qv); 1 hipped roof dormer to wing; large stone lateral stacks: one to rear left and another to left-hand side of wing. PLAN: overall L-shaped with 1 room at the front incorporating a newel stair plus fairly deep rear wing at some time truncated. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys over basement; 2-window 1st-floor range; central window above; mid C19 12-pane hornless sashes. Ground floor has exceptionally fine original ovolo and ogee moulded oak doorway with stops incorporating strapwork over bulbous bases and with an ogee-arched head on the right and headrail of former mullioned window over C20 horned triple sash on the left (more original timber frame structure including a turned post, 2 small windows and evidence for oriel window hidden under plaster above). 2 squat basement windows, the one on the left originally a loading hatch. Rear has C20 2-light casement under gable, C20 replica 3-light mullioned window to 1st floor and 4-panel door in original moulded oak frame to ground floor. Front of rear wing has original 8-light mullioned window to 1st-floor left and 4 surviving lights of a similar window on the right. Ground floor has a central 8-light mullioned window, which, except for the head beam, is a C20 replica of the original; all the mullioned windows have ovolo mouldings. There is an original moulded doorway to ground-floor left of the wing and evidence for another at far right. Rear gable end of the wing has a C19 hornless sash to each floor: a 16-pane sash to ground-floor left, a 12-pane sash to 1st-floor centre and a 4-pane sash above. INTERIOR: retains much of its original structure including wooden newel stair and roof trusses with threaded purlins. There is an early C18 eared chimeypiece with moulded and pulvinated frieze and dentils to 2nd-floor front room and there are 2 simple wooden chimneypieces, one with a c1900 iron grate; narrow C18 cupboard with H hinges to rear wing; original joists to basement and stone staircase. New Street contains a high proportion of fine C17 and C18 houses. (Keystone Historic Buildings Consultants: 34 New Street, Plymouth; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 662).

Listing NGR: SX4823554063