The Captains House
THE CAPTAINS HOUSE, 18, CLARENCE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1197549
- Date first listed:
- 23-Oct-1972
- List Entry Name:
- The Captains House
- Statutory Address:
- THE CAPTAINS HOUSE, 18, CLARENCE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1197549
- Date first listed:
- 23-Oct-1972
- List Entry Name:
- The Captains House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE CAPTAINS HOUSE, 18, CLARENCE STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE CAPTAINS HOUSE, 18, CLARENCE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- South Hams (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Dartmouth
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 87852 51640
Details
DARTMOUTH
SX8751 CLARENCE STREET 673-1/5/80 (North West side) 23/10/72 No.18 The Captains House
GV II
House. c1730-40, with some late C18 and later modernisations. Mixed construction; front is painted Flemish-bond brick, possibly with stone dressings, side walls are stone rubble and upper floors of left side wall are slate-hung, possibly on timber-framing; stone rubble stack and brick chimneyshaft with pots; slate roof. PLAN: House end onto the street, one room wide and 2 rooms deep, with large axial stack between, serving back-to-back fireplaces. Right-hand side passage with staircase off the side between the rooms. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; regular 3-window front. Plat bands at first and second floor levels; windows have segmental arches with keystones and alternate voussoirs projecting. Larger ground-floor windows contain 12-pane sashes but C20 casements with glazing bars to the upper floors. Square-headed front doorway to right contains recessed fielded 6-panel door under a plain overlight and up one stone step. Plain eaves to hipped roof and front gabled dormer. Left side is slate-hung above first-floor level and, right at the back, is a section of ancient slate-hanging. INTERIOR: Original stair rising round a tight open well, open string with turned balusters including blocks. Front room has probably original moulded plaster cornice but the Adams-style chimneypiece is probably from later in the C18 (the owner reports that there is another similar in the room above). Upper rooms not inspected but likely to be of interest.
Listing NGR: SX8785251640
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 387207
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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