23A, 23B AND 23C, FORE STREET

23A, 23B, and 23C on Fore Street in Tiverton is a house that has been divided into three dwellings. It dates from the late 17th century or earlier but underwent significant remodeling in the 1990s. The ground floor is roughcast, while the first floor is timber-framed and covered with asbestos slates. The building features a slate roof with lead rolls and is hipped at the south end, with stacks that have rendered shafts.

The structure is a single depth range positioned at right angles to Fore Street and behind a later building that fronts the street. Although drastic alterations have obscured the original layout, the building still shows signs of being partially jettied on the east side, likely indicating the remains of a 17th-century house or wing. The unjettied south end may be a later addition compared to the jettied section to the north.

The exterior is two storeys with an attic, and the surfaces and window designs appear to be entirely from the 1990s. The front is asymmetrical with three windows. On the right side, there is a deep, coved jetty, although the coving is interrupted by 20th-century windows. A 20th-century small-pane glazed door is located to the right, flush with the first-floor overhang, and there is a second 20th-century front door to the left of the jettied section. The ground floor features a mix of 20th-century timber windows, including small-pane sashes and top-hung casements. The first floor has three 20th-century 8/12 timber sashes. The south end has a similar quadripartite ground-floor sash, two similar 8/12 first-floor sashes, and a gabled attic dormer in the hip.

The interior has been completely altered by the 1990s renovations, concealing all historic fabric. The slender exposed joists on the ground floor are likely decorative and do not support the jetty. The roof space has not been inspected but is reported to consist of 1990s timbers, which may be of interest. A 1972 listing description mentions a two-panel door, which was not seen during the survey. This building is considered a rare example in Tiverton of a timber-framed, jettied urban structure.