2, 3 And 4, St Pauls Square

TIVERTON

SS9512 ST PAUL'S SQUARE, Tiverton 848-1/6/274 (North side) 14/12/72 Nos.2, 3 AND 4

GV II

Terrace of 3 houses. c1860. Architect unknown to date. Built for Caroline Brewin, the daughter of John Heathcoat as part of a development of houses and a school centred on St Paul's Church which was endowed with the rents from the houses. EXTERIOR: yellow Flemish bond brick to show fronts, rear elevations stone rubble with brick dressings; slate roof gabled at left end; stacks with brick shafts and platbands and tapering chimneypots. Cast-iron rainwater goods, the downpipes in chases on the front wall; cast-iron sills similar to those on Heathcoat's industrial housing. STYLE: Georgian. PLAN: 3 double-fronted houses with central entrances and end stacks. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. 3:3:3-window front. Moulded eaves board, deep boxed eaves. Central round-headed doorways with rusticated quoins and Greek key scratch mouldings to the reveals. 4-panel door, the lower panels flush to Nos 3 & 4, No.2 has a half-glazed door. Simple fanlights with spoke glazing bars. 16-pane timber sashes without horns, centre first-floor sash is 12-pane. INTERIOR: not inspected but likely to retain features of interest. HISTORY: this terrace is part of an important planned development. Linked at east (right) end to No.26 Church Street (qv). (Southern History: Brayshay M: 'Heathcoat's Industrial Housing in Tiverton, Devon': 1991-: PP.82-103).

Listing NGR: SS9512312564