36, New Street

PLYMOUTH

SX4854SW NEW STREET, Barbican 740-1/62/41 (South side) 01/05/75 No.36 (Formerly Listed as: NEW STREET, Plymouth No.36)

GV II*

Probable merchant's house. Late C17, but front remodelled later. MATERIALS: ground floor is painted brick laid to mostly English bond over a rubble plinth, presumably dating from an early C18 underbuilding of a probable former jettied front, render above; dry slate mansard roof with 3 dormer windows, the roof sweeping lower over outshut at rear; large rubble lateral stack to rear left (over original rear wall), a truncated lateral stack to rear of outshut and 2 lateral stacks to right-hand wall of wing. PLAN: single-depth plan plus later rear outshut and deep rear wing on the right. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys plus attic; symmetrical 3-window front, the symmetry being the result of probably C18 remodelling. C20 horned sashes with glazing bars (also at rear), those to ground floor and central doorway within architraves; straight joint in brickwork to right of doorway. INTERIOR: has C17 plank and muntin panelling to central passage and a 2-panel fielded door right of passage; passage extends to rear right stair hall which has good late C17 staircase with closed string, moulded handrail, turned balusters and square newels and some surviving pendants, and a C17 ovolo-moulded door frame further to rear of passage with Tudor rose stops. Left-hand room has C18 dado panelling and the remains of a cupboard left of the fireplace plus high up on the same wall is a Tudor rose. Right-hand room has late C17 or C18 oak panelling and there is a moulded wooden cornice (panelling altered where front window was changed). 2nd floor has mid C18 dog-leg staircase with turned column-over-vase balusters. There may also be other features of interest including roof structure not inspected. New Street contains a high proportion of fine C17 and C18 houses. A substantially complete example of a late C17 merchant's house, retaining its plan form and other features of interest. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 662).

Listing NGR: SX4822254070