The Captains House

DARTMOUTH

SX8751 CLARENCE STREET 673-1/5/80 (North West side) 23/10/72 No.18 The Captains House

GV II

House. c1730-40, with some late C18 and later modernisations. Mixed construction; front is painted Flemish-bond brick, possibly with stone dressings, side walls are stone rubble and upper floors of left side wall are slate-hung, possibly on timber-framing; stone rubble stack and brick chimneyshaft with pots; slate roof. PLAN: House end onto the street, one room wide and 2 rooms deep, with large axial stack between, serving back-to-back fireplaces. Right-hand side passage with staircase off the side between the rooms. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; regular 3-window front. Plat bands at first and second floor levels; windows have segmental arches with keystones and alternate voussoirs projecting. Larger ground-floor windows contain 12-pane sashes but C20 casements with glazing bars to the upper floors. Square-headed front doorway to right contains recessed fielded 6-panel door under a plain overlight and up one stone step. Plain eaves to hipped roof and front gabled dormer. Left side is slate-hung above first-floor level and, right at the back, is a section of ancient slate-hanging. INTERIOR: Original stair rising round a tight open well, open string with turned balusters including blocks. Front room has probably original moulded plaster cornice but the Adams-style chimneypiece is probably from later in the C18 (the owner reports that there is another similar in the room above). Upper rooms not inspected but likely to be of interest.

Listing NGR: SX8785251640