25 And 25A, Lower Street

DARTMOUTH

SX874510 LOWER STREET 673-1/8/160 (East side) 14/09/49 Nos.25 AND 25A Island House (Formerly Listed as: LOWER STREET (East side) Nos.21-24 (Consecutive) and No.25 Island House)

GV II

Two houses, now divided into flats. Probably mid C19 with earlier origins. Plastered walls, partly stone rubble, partly timber-framing; rear and left end stack and front lateral stacks with painted brick chimneyshafts; slate roof. PLAN: Entrance front facing south towards Bayards Cove has a 3-room plan with main entrance left of centre to the stairs. Right (east) return has 2-room wing. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; irregular 3-window front of horned 4-pane sashes. Doorway left of centre contains a part-glazed 6-panel door behind a C20 glazed porch, and doorway at the right end contains a C20 part-glazed door behind another glazed porch. The right (east) return is jettied at first-floor level over the river. It has a 2-window front including a 12-pane sash at ground-floor level and horned 4-pane sashes to the upper floors. Roof is continuous with those of the adjoining properties and is hipped on the corner. INTERIOR: Not inspected but likely to be of interest. One of a good group of listed buildings on the Ferry Slip, at the southern end of Lower Street and at the northern end of Bayards Cove. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SX8785051072