1, Union Place

BARNSTAPLE

SS5632 UNION PLACE 684-1/5/255 (East side) 31/08/88 No.1 (Formerly Listed as: UNION PLACE (East side) No.1 (Drake House))

GV II

House, now hotel, incorporated with No.2 (qv). Early C19, apparently with a slightly later extension on right-hand side. Solid, rendered walls probably of stone or brick. Slated roof with catslide at rear; red ridge-tiles. Double-fronted, double-depth plan. 2 storeys. 3-window range, with a further window in extension to right. Main building has sash windows, those at each end of 8 panes, except for the lower ground-storey sashes which have 12 panes; middle window of upper storey has 6-paned sashes. Round-arched doorway in centre of ground storey; 6-panelled door with knocker, fanlight with radial glazing bars. Extension to right is set back slightly. Projecting, canted bay window, probably a later insertion, in upper storey; sashes, the middle ones 2-paned. Late C20 porch to hotel. INTERIOR not inspected. This house, together with No.2 Union Place (qv), has group value both with Nos 1-6 Union Terrace (qv), Taw Vale, to the south-west, and Holy Trinity Church (qv) to the north-east.

Listing NGR: SS5619732720