58 And 59, High Street

BIDEFORD

SS4526 HIGH STREET 842-1/5/119 (North side) Nos.58 AND 59

GV II

Pair of houses with shops. Early or mid C19. Solid rendered fronts. Slate roofs. Chimney on each side-wall: that to left rendered, that to right late C19 red brick with 3 spiked pots. 3 storeys. Each house with a 3-storeyed canted bay window in the centre; doorway to left. Sash windows in all but the ground storey of No 58 (rebuilt in plastic); middle sashes have margin-panes. Sashes have horns, except in the ground storey at No 59. Deeply-projecting wooden entablature above ground storey of each house. No 58 has half-glazed door with solid moulded panel and old letterbox at the bottom; No 59 has 6-panelled door with old cast-iron knocker. Raised quoins flanking both upper storeys; at left-hand end of ground storey at No 58 the quoins of No 57 are continued to serve both houses. INTERIORS not inspected, except that entrance-passage at No 59 has panelled dado. Both entrances have floors of chequered red and cream tiles. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SS4516826607