1 And 2, Albert Place

ILFRACOMBE

SS5247 ALBERT PLACE 853-1/7/9 Nos.1 AND 2

GV II

Pair of semi-detached houses. Early C19. MATERIALS: rendered, solid front walls with masonry markings; right-hand gable wall hung with asbestos slates. Slated roof, No 1 with asbestos slates. Red brick chimney on each gable end, that at No 2 with 5 old pots. PLAN: double-depth. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with garrets. 3-window front common to both houses, the middle window blind. Paired doorways set in a single central opening with a flattened elliptical arch. 6-panelled door (the top 2 panels glazed, the bottom 2 flush) at No 1; late C20 wooden door with built-in fanlight at No 2. Between them is a fluted half-column from which rise foliage-like sprays around plain, semi-circular fanlights. Upper storey windows have 8-paned sashes, except that the shorter third-storey windows have only 4 panes in the upper sash. Bracketed wooden eaves cornice. Centrally placed dormer with curved top, shared by both houses; 2 pairs of 8-paned sashes. Rear wall (visible from Mill Head) has in third storey barred sashes matching those at the front; also 1 at left (west) end of second storey. In the second bay from the left in the second storey is an old, projecting weather boarded closet; it has a sash window on the left side, the upper sash with 6 panes. INTERIORS not inspected. (Devon Record Office: Ilfracombe Tithe Map: 1840-).

Listing NGR: SS5212947761