9, Litchdon Street

BARNSTAPLE

SS5632 LITCHDON STREET 684-1/5/186 (North East side) 31/08/88 No.9

GV II

House and shop. Early or mid C19; possibly a remodelling of an C18 house. Solid, rendered walls, probably of brick. Slated roof with red ridge-tiles. Old red brick chimney on each gable end, both with ornamented pots; the right-hand chimney has been heightened slightly. 2 storeys. 3-window range. Ground storey arranged in 3 bays flanked and separated by fluted wooden pilasters, the 3 left-hand pilasters surmounted by small sunk panels; at the right-hand end the wall-face is recessed and the pilaster finishes against a wooden corbel carrying the upper storey. Whole ground storey finished with a wooden entablature, the cornice at the left-hand end having the remains of an ornamental iron cresting. Left-hand bay contains double doors with diagonally-set planks. Door with vertical planks in middle bay. Shop front in right-hand bay. Latter has 8-paned display window, canted towards double door of shop on right side; doors panelled below and glazed above. Upper storey has 6-paned sash windows in recessed box-frames. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS5600432893