The Avenue Arcade

BRIDGWATER

ST2937SE HIGH STREET 736-1/10/97 (North side) 16/12/74 No.14 The Avenue Arcade

GV II

House, now shopping arcade. Late C18/early C19; made into shopping arcade in late C19. Flemish-bond brick with stone coping, cornice, moulded keyed lintels and cills. 3 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range. All windows are 6/6-pane sashes, larger to the first floor. A set-back wide entrance to the arcade is flanked by plate-glass shop windows. The rear elevation, in Clare Street, has a pantile roof hipped to the right; flat brick arches over 8/8-pane sash windows on first floor; ground floor remodelled in late C19 has granite columns with Corinthian columns to moulded fascia over plate-glass shop windows. INTERIOR: the shops in the arcade are articulated by narrow paired pilasters on simulated granite plinths; moulded cornices to fascias; plate-glass windows, including those to rear, have narrow horizontal bands of pierced cast-iron to tops and are panelled below; doors are glazed, with horizontal moulded panels to bases and have plain overlights. The ceiling of the arcade is panelled at ends with C20 glazed pitched roof to centre. History: a photograph of 1905 shows the High Street entrance to have had similar Corinthian columns.

Listing NGR: ST2978837056