PREMISES OCCUPIED BY BASKERVILLE HOUSE PREMISES OCCUPIED BY CHARLES WOOD, JEWELLER PREMISES OCCUPIED BY LA BOUTIQUE PREMISES OCCUPIED BY LAKE'S, PLUMBERS PREMISES OCCUPIED BY RUTHS

PREMISES OCCUPIED BY BASKERVILLE HOUSE, OLD FORE STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1140139
Date first listed:: 12-Nov-1973
List Entry Name:: PREMISES OCCUPIED BY BASKERVILLE HOUSE PREMISES OCCUPIED BY CHARLES WOOD, JEWELLER PREMISES OCCUPIED BY LA BOUTIQUE PREMISES OCCUPIED BY LAKE'S, PLUMBERS PREMISES OCCUPIED BY RUTHS
Statutory Address:: PREMISES OCCUPIED BY BASKERVILLE HOUSE, OLD FORE STREET

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1140139
Date first listed:: 12-Nov-1973
List Entry Name:: PREMISES OCCUPIED BY BASKERVILLE HOUSE PREMISES OCCUPIED BY CHARLES WOOD, JEWELLER PREMISES OCCUPIED BY LA BOUTIQUE PREMISES OCCUPIED BY LAKE'S, PLUMBERS PREMISES OCCUPIED BY RUTHS
Statutory Address 1:: PREMISES OCCUPIED BY BASKERVILLE HOUSE, OLD FORE STREET
Statutory Address 2:: PREMISES OCCUPIED BY CHARLES WOOD, JEWELLER, OLD FORE STREET
Statutory Address 3:: PREMISES OCCUPIED BY LA BOUTIQUE, OLD FORE STREET
Statutory Address 4:: PREMISES OCCUPIED BY LAKE'S, PLUMBERS, OLD FORE STREET
Statutory Address 5:: PREMISES OCCUPIED BY RUTHS, OLD FORE STREET

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: PREMISES OCCUPIED BY BASKERVILLE HOUSE, OLD FORE STREET
Statutory Address:: PREMISES OCCUPIED BY CHARLES WOOD, JEWELLER, OLD FORE STREET
Statutory Address:: PREMISES OCCUPIED BY LA BOUTIQUE, OLD FORE STREET
Statutory Address:: PREMISES OCCUPIED BY LAKE'S, PLUMBERS, OLD FORE STREET
Statutory Address:: PREMISES OCCUPIED BY RUTHS, OLD FORE STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Devon
District:: East Devon (District Authority)
Parish:: Sidmouth
National Grid Reference:: SY 12640 87396

Details

OLD FORE STREET 1. 1633 (West Side) Premises occupied by: "Ruths", "Charles Wood, Jeweller", "Baskerville House", "Lake's, Plunbers", and "La Boutique". SY 1287 1/263 II GV 2. Early C19 two storeyed stuccoed and rough cast row, much altered on ground floor. Low pitch gable end slate roofs with shaped brackets to eaves. "Baskerville House" has flanking pilaster strips. 2 windows each to 1st floor, except for "Lake's" which has 3. Recessed sashes, glazing bars intact except for "Lake's". The last bay of "La Boutique", which might be slightly earlier, has a flush framed sash. "Baskerville House" has a later C19 small canted bay. Ground floor shop fronts all modernised, though part of cornice survives on "Ruths" and "Charles Wood" and "Lake's" retains a cornice with shaped brackets. Only "Baskerville House" retains original doorway, recessed door of 6 flush panels, 4 glazed, panelled reveals, roughcast surround, cornice over.

The listed buildings on the West Side of Old Fore Street form a group.

Listing NGR: SY1264087396

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Legacy System number:: 352077
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.