122 And 123, Boutport Street

BARNSTAPLE

SS5533 BOUTPORT STREET 684-1/6/69 (West side) 31/12/73 Nos.122 AND 123

GV II

House, divided into flats, shops and offices. Probably C18. Painted Flemish-bond brick; slate roof, gabled at ends; stacks not visible from front elevation. Courtyard plan arrangement. Main range fronts Boutport Street; rear right wing at right angles, rear range parallel to front range, made up of 2 small service blocks. 2 storeys. Pretty guilloche eaves cornice. Asymmetrical 5-window range. 2 shop fronts to the left, doorway to office to right of centre. Recessed panelled door to office with flat porch hood with frieze. Two 2-pane sashes to ground-floor right. Late C19/early C20 shop fronts have pilasters with brackets flanking the fascias; 2-pane windows and are canted into half-glazed shop doors. 5 first-floor 2-pane windows with segmental heads and keyblocks, one preserving margin panes. INTERIOR: retains some features of interest including plaster cornice to hallway of No.123, original stair rises off entrance passage. Buildings in rear courtyard are interesting examples of unaltered rear service buildings, rare in an urban context.

Listing NGR: SS5579433507