The Bank House (The National Westminster Bank and the Wool Shop)
THE BANK HOUSE (THE NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK AND THE WOOL SHOP), FORE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1325749
- Date first listed:
- 20-Feb-1967
- List Entry Name:
- The Bank House (The National Westminster Bank and the Wool Shop)
- Statutory Address:
- THE BANK HOUSE (THE NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK AND THE WOOL SHOP), FORE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1325749
- Date first listed:
- 20-Feb-1967
- List Entry Name:
- The Bank House (The National Westminster Bank and the Wool Shop)
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE BANK HOUSE (THE NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK AND THE WOOL SHOP), FORE 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 BANK HOUSE (THE NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK AND THE WOOL SHOP), FORE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- North Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Chulmleigh
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 68754 14206
Details
CHULMLEIGH FORE STREET (east side), SS 6814 - 6914 Chulmleigh 7/72 The Bank House (National Westminster Bank and The Wool Shop) 20.2.67 GV II House, front part used as shop and bank. Early C19, with possibly some earlier fabric concealed. Stuccoed stone rubble. Slate roof with gable end brick stacks with toothed courses to the capping. Lions head guttering and eaves cornice. Plan: 2 rooms deep, virtually symmetrical, with principal front room to each side of through-passage, that to right altered in C20 and used as bank, that to left as shop. Kitchen to rear of right-hand room, and heated room to rear of left-hand room, used as store-room. Principal staircase immediately to left of through-passage to rear of left-hand room, and secondary, former servants staircase to left of kitchen fireplace, now disused. 2 outhouses at right angles to the front entrance and to each side of the rear courtyard, have been connected to the main range and converted to form part of dwelling, that to left side formerly a lofted stables; however it has had an axial stack (the shaft now demolished) inserted in the C19, and probably functioned as a kitchen when the original house was divided into 2 occupations. Exterior: 2 storeys. 4 bays. Rusticated quoins. C19 fenestration, all 12 paned sashes to upper storey, the 2 right-hand windows with horns. Ground floor has 2 2 paned sashes to right and single 4 paned sash to left of 2 doorways flanking shop window. The right-hand principal doorway has pilastered doorcase, panelled reveals and C19 6 panelled door, the entablature carried around over the canted shop window with 4 large panes and smaller shop doorway to left with pilastered doorcase and 3- quarters glazed door. Interior: Front left-hand room used as shop retains late C19 chimneypiece with detached colonnettes and register grate, flanked by alcoves. Doorways to each side of through-passage to rear rooms have segmental pointed Gothick arched surrounds with original 4 panelled door to right. C19 joinery principally intact to upper storey. Cobbled floor to former stables, fireplace has segmental brick arch. C19 roof structure with 5 king post trusses. A timber observatory platform was erected in the roofspace in the early C20.
Listing NGR: SS6875414206
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 97250
- 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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