Blacksmiths Arms Public House
BLACKSMITHS ARMS PUBLIC HOUSE, TORRINGTON STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1210030
- Date first listed:
- 19-Mar-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Blacksmiths Arms Public House
- Statutory Address:
- BLACKSMITHS ARMS PUBLIC HOUSE, TORRINGTON STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1210030
- Date first listed:
- 19-Mar-1973
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 19-Apr-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Blacksmiths Arms Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- BLACKSMITHS ARMS PUBLIC HOUSE, TORRINGTON 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:
- BLACKSMITHS ARMS PUBLIC HOUSE, TORRINGTON STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Torridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bideford
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 45650 26271
Details
BIDEFORD
SS4526 TORRINGTON STREET, East-The-Water 842-1/7/267 (East side) 19/03/73 Blacksmiths Arms Public House (Formerly Listed as: TORRINGTON STREET The Blacksmiths Arms Inn)
GV II
Public House. 1741; C20 addition at rear. Solid rendered walls. Slate roof. Rendered chimney on each gable-end; small red brick chimney on rear wall. 2 storeys with single-storeyed structure attached to right-hand end; 3-window range, the middle window narrower than the outer two; single-storeyed building has a wide window flanked by 2 doorways. In centre of main front a round-arched doorway with flanking pilasters and entablature; 6-panelled door with panelled reveals, the bottom panels of the latter flush. Windows have barred sashes: 10 over 10 panes at each end, 6 over 6 panes in the centre. Middle window has keystone with incised initials and date 1 M M 1741. Whole front flanked by giant Doric pilasters, above each is a section of architrave and frieze surmounted by a continuous, heavily-moulded cornice below the eaves. Single-storeyed building has triple-sashed window: 8 over 8 panes with 4 over 4 panes in the sidelights. Front finished with a parapet. INTERIOR inspected only in ground-floor bar, which seems to have been much altered in late C20.
Listing NGR: SS4565226287
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 375954
- 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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