Barretts Flat Part of Premises Occupied By Field's Part of Premises Occupied By Field's and Including Waterloo House and Barretts Flat Waterloo House and Barretts Flat

BARRETTS FLAT, MARKET PLACE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1287955
Date first listed:
12-Nov-1973
List Entry Name:
Barretts Flat Part of Premises Occupied By Field's Part of Premises Occupied By Field's and Including Waterloo House and Barretts Flat Waterloo House and Barretts Flat
Statutory Address:
BARRETTS FLAT, MARKET PLACE
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1287955
Date first listed:
12-Nov-1973
List Entry Name:
Barretts Flat Part of Premises Occupied By Field's Part of Premises Occupied By Field's and Including Waterloo House and Barretts Flat Waterloo House and Barretts Flat
Statutory Address 1:
BARRETTS FLAT, MARKET PLACE
Statutory Address 2:
PART OF PREMISES OCCUPIED BY FIELD'S AND INCLUDING WATERLOO HOUSE AND BARRETTS FLAT, 2-4, MARKET PLACE
Statutory Address 3:
PART OF PREMISES OCCUPIED BY FIELD'S, MARKET PLACE
Statutory Address 4:
WATERLOO HOUSE AND BARRETTS FLAT, MARKET PLACE

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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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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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
BARRETTS FLAT, MARKET PLACE
Statutory Address:
PART OF PREMISES OCCUPIED BY FIELD'S AND INCLUDING WATERLOO HOUSE AND BARRETTS FLAT, 2-4, MARKET PLACE
Statutory Address:
PART OF PREMISES OCCUPIED BY FIELD'S, MARKET PLACE
Statutory Address:
WATERLOO HOUSE AND BARRETTS FLAT, MARKET PLACE

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 12602 87280

Details

MARKET PLACE 1. 1633 Nos 2 to 4 (consec) (Part of premises occupied by Field's and including Waterloo House and Barretts Flat) SY 1287 1/259 II GV 2. Circa 1810. 3 storey stucco faced houses. Later alterations with shop fronts on ground floor. Nos 2 and 3 have parapet with coping swept up either end and between them. No 4 instead of parapet, has a later wood balustrade of turned balusters with terminal piers. Moulded cornice This front is flanked above ground floor by partly fluted pilasters. 2 dormers to each house. Symmetrical fenestration: No 2 has 3 windows, the outer ones tripartite recessed sashes, glazing bars intact. No 3 has 4 recessed camber headed sash windows, glazing bars intact, flat arches with voussoirs and keystones. No 4 has 2 wide sash windows, glazing bars intact, flush frames of fluted pilasters with moulded cornices breaking forward over them. Mid and later C19 shop front on ground floor. No 2 has 2 large windows of 4 and 3-light with thin mullions, splayed lights into marginal glazed door with fielded panel, rectangular marginal glazed fanlight. Deep frieze and moulded cornice carried across front. No 3 has a side door (entrance to "Waterloo House") recessed, of 4 moulded panels, female head knocker, large rectangular fanlight, panelled reveals and panelled pilasters to front. Adjoining shop window of 3 large thin mullioned lights, projects with frieze and cornice as on No 2. No 4 has good mid C19 double shop front with 5-light windows bowed out from door. Thin mullions and one extra light to right. Shallow rise is articulated by small turned balusters. The shop door is glazed with one fielded panel, rectangular fanlight. Soffit panelled out to front. To left and right of front the frieze is supported by scrolled brackets with leaf ornament and "Medusa" heads in caps over. The frieze is obscured by blind case. The moulded cornice with anthemion band has a row of rosette blocks below it with pendent finials.

Nos 2 to 4 (consec) form an important group in Market Place together with No 1 Church Street.

Listing NGR: SY1260287280

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
87404
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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