8, St Peter Street

TIVERTON

SS9512 ST PETER STREET, Tiverton 848-1/6/279 (West side) 14/12/72 No.8

GV II

House. Early C18 with 1980s renovations and alterations. mass wall construction, front elevation stuccoed and blocked out; gabled asbestos slate roof; axial stack with brick shaft. PLAN: one room wide, 2 rooms deep with axial stack serving back to back fireplaces in front and rear rooms. Side passage to right gives lobby entrance on right return and extends to lead down to garden (and river) and former outhouse, now incorporated as an extension. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic with a lower roofline than most of the houses in St Peter Street. Vertical plank door to side passage. 16-pane hornless sash to left. 2 early C18 first floor 12-pane boxed sashes with thick glazing bars; segmental-headed attic dormer glazed with 2-light casements, 6 panes per light. INTERIOR: plain. Roof has 2 tiers of threaded purlins, apex concealed at time of survey. HISTORY: this is a nice example of a very modest, neatly-planned C18 town house preserving two early windows. It is earlier than many of the larger townhouses in Tiverton which were rebuilt after a succession of fires.

Listing NGR: SS9537912601