Strand House Including Front Area Railings And Rear Curtilage Wall

Strand House is a house located on The Strand in Bideford, likely built in the early 19th century and partially remodeled in the mid-19th century. It features solid rendered walls, with the ground storey of the left side-wall to Ropewalk made of stone rubble and red-brick dressings. The house has a slate roof with two parallel spans, the southern span being considerably wider, and two cream-brick chimneys. It stands two storeys high with a garret and has a one-window front facing west. The gable-end of the north range is masked by this front, while No. 5 overlaps the south range, with its quoins being overlapped by the balcony of No. 4.

The entrance features a central door with six moulded panels arranged in two rows of three, accompanied by a brass knocker, name-plate, letterbox, and door-knob. On either side of the door are sash-windows with margin-panes. The second storey has a single window with eight-paned sashes. A balcony spans the entire second storey, adorned with iron railings featuring lily and scroll patterns. The balcony is supported by three iron columns, with the outer two showcasing clustered shafts in a quatrefoil pattern. It is divided into three bays, with a fourth return-bay to the left, and has a swept lean-to roof supported by slender wooden columns. The open-work wooden fringe features quatrefoils carried on segmental arches with anthemions in the spandrels. The shaped parapet rises in the center to a flat top with a ball-finial on a pedestal, while the ends of the parapet are swept up to resemble acroteria. In the center of the parapet is a round-arched, semi-circular niche with a raised surround.

The left side-wall has sash-windows, two with margin-panes and one with eight panes per sash. There is also a gabled dormer with a two-light wood casement, each light having two panes. The interior has not been inspected. The front area features railings with spear-heads and scrolls, while the rear curtilage wall is mostly made of stone rubble, with a patch of old red brick that may date from the late 17th century or early 18th century.