77, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information)

SS826000 672-1/5/85 11/10/72

CREDITON HIGH STREET (North side) No.77 and attached wall

GV II

House, probably divided into 2. Probably 1820s. Roughcast; slate roof; stacks with brick shafts. Plan: Deep plan, one room wide with an entrance to the right, stair rising to rear right. Exterior: 3 storeys. Asymmetrical 2-bay front to the High street with regular fenestration. Hipped slate roof with deep eaves, projecting above rounded corner. Bays divided by plain cement pilasters. Doorway to right with recessed 5-panel door with panelled reveals and an overlight with geometrical glazing bars. Ground floor and first floor left are 12-pane sashes, second floor is a 3/6-pane sash. The left return, overlooking St Lawrence's Green, is 2-bays plus one-bay at the left end. 2 ground and 2 first floor 16-pane sashes; 2 second floor 4/8-pane sashes. To the left the plane of the front wall is continued by a ramped wall fronting a single storey porch block. The rear elevation has a tall round-headed stair window, reglazed in the C20. Interior: Original features survive including a stick baluster stair with mahogany handrail. This house forms a group with adjoining listed buildings in the High Street, the rear elevations of which overlook a pitched stone service area.

Listing NGR: SS8278200392