78 And 80, East Street

ASHBURTON

SX7570 EAST STREET 849-1/9/77 (South side) Nos.78 AND 80

GV II

Mirrored pair of houses. Late C18 or early C19. Rendered walls, the upper storeys at the front covered with painted C20 tiles (probably over timber-framing). Slated roofs: front span parallel to street, rear spans at right-angles. 2 rendered chimneys on each side wall. Single-fronted, double-depth, with stair behind front and back rooms. 3 storeys. 3 window front to the pair, with adjacent but independent doorways in centre. Each doorway has flanking pilasters and entablature; panelled reveals; 6-panelled doors, the bottom 2 panels flush; good brass knockers, with female head at No 78 and lion's head at No 80. Each house has triple-sashed window in ground storey; late C19 canted bays in second storey with single-light sash window between them; 3 third-storey windows altered in late C20. Rusticated pilaster-strips flanking the whole front. Bracketed eaves-cornice.

Listing NGR: SX7592470049