9, Cooper Street

BIDEFORD

SS4526 COOPER STREET 842-1/5/84 (South side) No.9

GV II

Probably a former warehouse, now shop with storerooms above. Late C17 or earlier. Rendered front; solid ground storey, evidently rebuilt at an angle in C20, upper storey probably timber-framed. Right-hand ground-storey wall of stone rubble. Right-hand gable of old red brick, set at a slightly different angle from the walling below and supported at the front by a wooden corbel. Slate roof. No chimneys visible from street. A simple oblong plan, with no sign of original partitions in the ground storey; staircase at right-hand end, opening directly from the street. 2 storeys. Ground storey wholly altered, with late C20 wood-framed display windows. Upper storey, of early or mid C19 character, has 6-paned, flush-framed sash window to right. Plank loading-door to left; a small window has been cut into its centre. INTERIOR inspected only on ground storey: this has a very thick unchamfered ceiling-beam parallel to the street, supporting relatively narrow, deep joists.

Listing NGR: SS4542026679