6, Bayards Cove

DARTMOUTH

SX874510 BAYARDS COVE 673-1/8/32 (West side) 14/09/49 No.6

GV II

Formerly known as: Bayard's Cove Mission BAYARDS COVE. House, now divided into flats. Probably late C18/early C19, some C20 alterations. Plastered stone rubble, possibly with brick dressings; right end stacks with brick chimneyshafts and old pots; slate roof. PLAN: One room wide and 2 rooms deep. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attic; 2-window front. Plaster is lightly blocked out as ashlar. Horned 12-pane sashes under low segmental arches. Taller first-floor windows share original cast-iron balcony ornamented with rosettes and anthemia. Round-headed doorway to left with timber surround; panelled pilasters and flat hood on console brackets. Panelled reveals to recessed 6-panel door under fanlight with elegant pattern of radial glazing bars. Timber eaves cornice with peardrop frieze to hipped roof containing front gabled dormer. Rear altered in C20 to provide separate access to the flats. INTERIOR: Not inspected but likely to be of interest. This house, which was the Seamens' Mission in the late C19 (for 1887 photograph see sources) is one of a fine group of listed buildings on the old quay. (Freeman, Ray: Dartmouth and its Neighbours: Phillimore: 1990-: PL.99).

Listing NGR: SX8783351014