9, The Quay

DARTMOUTH

SX874510 THE QUAY 673-1/8/257 (West side) No.9

GV II

Shop and house. c1870-1880, on late C16 property. Painted brick with stone or stucco dressings; stack in right party wall has rendered brick chimneyshaft with pots; probably slate roof hidden behind parapet. PLAN: Narrow building, end onto the street. EXTERIOR: 4 storeys; one-window range. Ground-floor C20 shop front between original end panelled pilasters; stucco, each with fluted lower section below formalised vase of flowers, and with Corinthian capitals. Stuccoed canted bay with hipped roof rises through first- and second-floor levels, first-floor windows with moulded imposts and segmental-headed arches with keystones below moulded cornice, and second-floor windows with low triangular heads under moulded eaves cornice with peardrop frieze; horned sashes with shaped heads and no glazing bars to each floor. Third floor has recessed windows within outer triangular-headed arches enriched with nailhead ornament and containing horned 9/1-pane sashes, the lower ones with semental-arch heads. Moulded eaves cornice includes a peardrop frieze. Parapet above. INTERIOR: Not inspected but likely to be of interest.

Listing NGR: SX8779351360