24, 26 AND 28, BAMPTON STREET

Three houses, numbered 24, 26, and 28, located on Bampton Street in Tiverton, were built in the early 18th century, with later alterations. The construction is primarily Flemish bond brick, with some areas painted and others smooth-rendered, and features a natural slate roof with gabled ends; number 24 has a turned roof. An axial brick chimney stack rises from the centre, and there are two rear chimney stacks with rendered shafts. It is believed the houses may have originally been a pair.

The exterior is three storeys high, with a two-storey addition at the left end of number 24. The façade has an asymmetrical arrangement of four windows on the left and three on the right. Number 24 has deep eaves supported by moulded paired brackets, and numbers 24 and 26 share similar cornices with scallop shells between the brackets. A 1900s doorcase with pilasters having sunk panels and fluted capitals is located on the left side of number 24, now containing a 1900s glazed door. Adjacent to it is a 1900s shop front with a fascia supported by large brackets, featuring a central door and curved glass windows. Number 26 has a plate glass two-light shop window dating to the early 20th century, alongside a door with margin panes and a low panel. Number 24 has 12-pane hornless sash windows. Numbers 26 and 28 have a first-floor platband and retain some original 12-pane unhorned sashes, with others reglazed as four-pane sashes, some within moulded architraves. Number 24's left-hand addition contains a 1900s shop window and a 12-pane hornless sash window above.

The interior of number 24, partially inspected, retains a good plaster cornice from around 1710 in the upper right-hand room and appears to have originally extended further to the right. Other features of interest may remain within the other properties.