18, Litchdon Street

BARNSTAPLE

SS5632 LITCHDON STREET 684-1/5/192 (North East side) 31/08/88 No.18

GV II

Formerly known as: Litchdon Terrace LITCHDON STREET. House. 1821, altered in mid C19. Solid, rendered walls, probably of stone or brick. Slated roof with red ridge-tiles; low parapets at gable-ends. Red brick chimney on each gable-end, the chimney tops with projecting brick course and moulded cap forming an entablature; right-hand chimney seems to have been rebuilt in replica. Double-fronted, 2 rooms deep, probably with central entrance passage leading to rear staircase. 2 storeys. 3-window range. Ground storey has round-arched doorway set in a shallow round-arched recess with moulded architrave. 6-panelled door with knocker; plain fanlight. Above it, in upper storey, a window with moulded architrave; sash with 2 upright glazing bars forming margin panes. Outer windows are mid C19 canted bays rising through both storeys. Ground-storey lights of bays have segmental arches with moulded imposts and keyblocks; cornice at first-floor level. Pilaster, shared with adjoining houses, at each end of front. Moulded eaves cornice. INTERIOR: not inspected, but entrance lobby is fully panelled; inner door with panels below and glazing above, the margin panes with coloured glass. HISTORICAL NOTE: this house, along with No.17 (qv), was put out on a building lease by the Corporation in 1821. A plan in the margin of the deed shows that it was identical with No.17. Important group value as part of a terrace including Nos 17, 19 & 20 (qv). (Barnstaple Borough Records: B0X 19/4).

Listing NGR: SS5609132822