The Red House Arts Centre

CREDITON

SS826000 ST LAWRENCE GREEN 672-1/5/152 (West side) The Red House Arts Centre

GV II

House. Circa 1850, partly converted to a shop in the late C19, now Arts Centre. Flemish bond brick; slate roof; stack with brick shaft. Plan: L-plan with rear left wing and secondary rear right lean-to. Exterior: 2 storeys. Hipped slate roof with deep eaves on paired brackets. Formerly symmetrical 3-bay front with 3 first floor circa 1850 16-pane sashes. The ground floor has been altered. Late C19 shop front to the left with a fascia extending across the front door: pilasters to front door and left end of shop window which is glazed with a 12-pane window. Late C19 2-pane sash to the right in an original embrasure. The left return, facing Landscore, has a door to the left; 2 first floor mid C19 16-pane sashes with evidence of a third to the right. One similar ground floor 16-pane sash with a blind recess to the right. The 2-bay left return, facing Western Road has 2 blind windows in the left hand bay and 2 circa mid C19 16-pane sashes in the right hand bay; return of lean-to blind. Interior: Not inspected but may retain features of interest. This building not only completes the group round St Lawrence Green but ends the long, relatively straight main street (High Street and St Lawrence Green) through the town. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SS8266300400