Strand House Including Front Area Railings And Rear Curtilage Wall

BIDEFORD

SS4526 THE STRAND 842-1/5/234 (South side) 19/03/73 No.4 Strand House including front area railing and rear curtilage wall (Formerly Listed as: THE STRAND No.4)

GV II

House. Probably early C19, partly remodelled in mid C19. Solid rendered walls; ground storey of left side-wall to Ropewalk of stone rubble with red-brick dressings. Slate roof in 2 parallel spans, that to south considerably the wider. 2 cream-brick chimneys. 2 storeys with garret. 1-window front facing west up The Strand; masks gable-end of north range. No 5 (qv) overlaps south range, although the former's quoins are in turn overlapped by the balcony of No 4. Centre door with 6 moulded panels in 2 rows of 3; brass knocker, name-plate, letterbox and door-knob. At either side a sash-window with margin-panes. In second storey a single window with 8-paned sashes. In front of whole second storey a balcony with lily and scroll-patterned iron railings. Supporting it are 3 iron columns, the outer 2 with clustered shafts in quatrefoil pattern. The balcony itself is divided into 3 bays, with a fourth return-bay to left, by slender wooden columns supporting a swept lean-to roof; open-work wooden fringe of quatrefoils carried on segmental arches with anthemions in the spandrels. Shaped parapet swept up in the centre to a flat top with ball-finial on a pedestal; ends of parapet swept up in the opposite direction to resemble acroteria. In centre of parapet a round-arched, semi-circular niche with raised surround. Left side-wall has sash-windows, 2 with margin-panes, 1 with 8 panes per sash. Gabled dormer with 2-light wood casement, each light with 2 panes. INTERIOR not inspected. Front area railing with spear-heads and scrolls. Rear curtilage-wall mostly of stone rubble but with a patch of old red brick, possibly late C17 or early C18.

Listing NGR: SS4533526883