7 And 9, Honestone Street

A pair of houses with shops, dating from the early to mid-19th century, located on Honestone Street in Bideford. The front of the building is solid rendered, while the left side wall is slate-hung. The roof is slate, with the rear slope of No. 9 covered in corrugated asbestos. There is an old red-brick chimney on the left side wall, likely shared with No. 5, and a rendered chimney on the rear roof slope of No. 9. Additional old red-brick chimneys are present on the rear wings, with the chimney at No. 9 partially rendered. The building has a double-depth plan and an open passage to Hyfield Place at the right-hand end of the ground storey of No. 9. Long, adjacent rear wings extend from the main structure.

The houses are three storeys high, each with a two-window range. The ground storey exhibits channelled rustication. Shops are present in both houses, with No. 7 also having a house door to the right. The house door at No. 9 opens into the passage at the right-hand end of the building. The shop front of No. 7 features a four-paned display window with upright glazing-bars, canted on the right-hand side towards recesses, and half-glazed double doors with solid moulded bottom panels. A four-panelled house door, with an old letterbox flanked by panelled pilasters, is also present. Both the shop and house doors at No. 7 have old grey-stone doorsteps. The shop front of No. 9 has a two-paned display window with an upright glazing-bar, and a half-glazed shop door to the right, with the upper panel and fanlight above both consisting of two panes with an upright glazing-bar. To the right of the shop door, a pair of panelled pilasters, mirroring those at No. 7, flank a section of horizontally channelled rustication. A continuous entablature runs across the ground storey, with fluted panels above the pilasters. Upper-storey windows are 3-paned sash windows, each with two upright glazing-bars, set in recessed box frames. A plain wooden board sits below the eaves. A two-light wooden casement window, with three panes to each light, is found in the third storey of the left side wall. A four-panelled door leading to the passage is located at No. 9, with the top two panels glazed. The rear wing, which fronts Hyfield Place, incorporates two-paned sash windows. The interior of the building has not been inspected.