48, 49 AND 50, HIGH STREET

BIDEFORD

SS4526 HIGH STREET 842-1/5/115 (South side) Nos.48, 49 AND 50

GV II

Terrace of 3 houses. Early or mid C19, with minor late C19 alterations. Solid rendered front walls and left side-wall of No 48; top of right side-wall at No 50 is of exposed stone rubble. Top of left side-wall to No 50 (exposed because the roof steps up here) is clad with large slates. Slate roofs, hipped at left-hand end of No 48, with perforated red crested ridge-tiles. Nos 48 and 49 have chimneys (apparently of brick) at rear; round red pots visible behind ridge. 2 storeys. No 48 of 3-window range with doorway in place of middle ground-storey window; No 49 is the same, but with no middle window in second storey. No 50 has 1 window in each storey with doorway to left. 4-panelled doors at No 48 and 50, 6-panelled one with moulded architrave at No 49, the 2 lowest panels flush; Nos 49 and 50 have old knockers. Windows have sashes in recessed box-frames; sashes 6-paned, except for 2-paned second-storey ones at No 48. Latter have horns, as do the sashes in both windows at No 50. INTERIORS not inspected, but No 48 has a half-glazed inner front door with glazing-bars, the margin-panes containing coloured glass and the middle panes decorated (either with patterned paper or engraving); solid moulded lower panel.

Listing NGR: SS4508726552