31, Bampton Street

TIVERTON

SS9512 BAMPTON STREET, Tiverton 848-1/6/118 (East side) 14/12/72 No.31 (Formerly Listed as: BAMPTON STREET (East side) Nos.29, 31 AND 33, 35)

GV II

Probably erected as a commercial building with accommodation over, now Local Authority offices. c1860s. Mass wall construction, smooth-plastered; hipped, slated M-profile roof visible from rear; stacks with rendered shafts with horizontal pots. PLAN: corner building flanking a court, east of Bampton Street, paired with No.29 (qv). Door to rounded corner, second door opposite stair on Bampton Street elevation. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys. 4-window front to Bampton Street. Deep eaves, eaves moulded at junction with wall. Rounded, recessed front right corner. Ground floor bays divided by piers with chanelled rustication, supporting projecting cornice at first floor sill level. Doorway to left to stair has recessed 2-panel door, plain, blind overlight and bootscraper. Corner doorway to right has a C20 2-leaf door and plain overlight. Ground-floor window right is a tripartite sash with horns, 2 over 1-pane in the centre and 2-pane in the outer lights. Ground floor left is a 2 over 1-pane sash with horns, the other windows are 4-pane horned sashes. The left return is stuccoed and blocked out with 2 round-headed stair windows with margin panes. The right return is 3 windows wide and continues in the same style with a central doorway with pilasters with chanelled rustication. The outer ground-floor windows and first and second floor are 2 over 1-pane sashes. INTERIOR: not inspected, but may retain features of interest.

Listing NGR: SS9560812713