106 AND 107, NEWPORT ROAD

BARNSTAPLE

SS5632 NEWPORT ROAD, Newport 684-1/5/283 (South West side) 31/12/73 Nos.106 AND 107 (Formerly Listed as: NEWPORT ROAD, Newport (South side) Nos.98 TO 108 (Consecutive))

GV II

Pair of terrace houses. Early C19. Solid rendered walls; top of right side wall slate-hung. Slated roof. Red brick chimney on left side wall. Painted brick chimney on party wall. Large red brick chimney, probably shared with No.108, on right side wall. 2 storeys with semi-basements and garrets. Each house 2-window range with doorway to left, the window above it slightly narrower than the rest. Round-arched doorways flanked by pilasters; triglyphed entablature at No.106, but not now at No.107. Recessed, heavily-moulded 6-panelled doors with centre bead-moulding. The recessed areas in front of the doors have groin-vaulted ceilings. Doors are reached by a flight of 8 steps bridged over the basement area; thick flanking walls with coping, rounded at No.106, chamfered at No.107. Ground- and upper-storey windows have 6-paned sashes; semi-basement window at No.106 has sashes with 3 over 6 panes. Moulded eaves-board. Each house has a large gabled dormer, probably a later addition, with glazed sides; at the front 2 pairs of sashes with margin panes; plain barge-boards. INTERIORS not inspected, but ground-floor front windows have panelled shutters.

Listing NGR: SS5631832558