48 And 50, St Peter Street

A pair of town houses at 48 and 50 St Peter Street, Tiverton, dating to the 1790s, with later 20th-century renovations. The buildings are constructed of brick, with a central chimney stack serving No.48 and a stack on the right side of No.50. They have slate roofs.

Originally, it's believed that the pair of houses were a single dwelling, with the front door of the current No.50 serving as the main entrance and a sash window on either side. A structure to the left, initially likely a service block, was later incorporated to create a recessed match to the front when the property was divided into two.

The exterior is three storeys high plus basements, and features a modillioned eaves cornice. The frontages are now asymmetrical, each with two bays and a front door to the left. The doorcases are pilastered with panelled reveals, the pilasters decorated with incised Greek key mouldings and lion heads at the top, with overlights above both front doors. No.48 has a four-panel front door with the top two panels glazed; No.50 has a 20th-century six-panel front door. Bootscrapers are positioned to the right of both front doors. To the right of the front doors is a tripartite boxed sash window with panes arranged as 2/2, 6/6, and 2/2. The first-floor windows over each house have a single 12-pane boxed sash window on the left and a tripartite boxed sash window (2/2, 6/6 and 2/2) on the right. The second floor has a 3/6 boxed sash window to the left and a tripartite boxed sash window (1/2, 3/6 and 1/2) to the right. Double-banded brick chimney stacks are prominent.

Inside No.50, a surviving original marble fireplace is present in the front ground floor room, along with a plaster cornice. Original through doors with planted mouldings are found in the ground floor back room. The staircase features stick balusters and a mahogany handrail. Other original features may remain throughout the properties. No.48 is double-depth and has a central stack for heating, with a dog-leg axial stair to the left. No.50 is also double-depth and heated by a stack on its right side, with a dog-leg stair to the left and a rear lavatory block.