17 And 18, The Strand

BIDEFORD

SS4526 THE STRAND 842-1/5/237 (South side) 19/03/73 Nos.17 AND 18

GV II

Pair of houses behind a single facade. Early C19, restored 1990. Solid rendered fronts. Slate roofs. 2 rendered chimneys on left gable-wall; 1 visible on front slope of right gable-wall. Each house of double-depth plan, one room wide. 3 storeys; 3-window range, the middle ones blind. In centre of ground storey paired doors with a single doorcase having pilasters and entablature; doors 4-panelled with panelled reveals. Windows have moulded architraves, except those to the left of each storey (No 17), which have flat architraves. 6-paned sashes, except for the ground-storey and lower second-storey ones at No 17, which are plain. Whole front flanked by giant Ionic pilasters, each with a section of architrave and frieze above them; boxed eaves cornice across whole front. Raised band at first-floor level. 7-paned round-arched stair window with margin-panes in left side-wall. INTERIOR inspected at No 18 only: wooden staircase with very narrow open well; thin square balusters, cut strings, column-newels. Ground and first-floor front rooms have richly decorated ceiling-bands, the first-floor rooms also with a large enriched chandelier-boss.

Listing NGR: SS4523226891