Bridewell House Including Iron Railings
BRIDEWELL HOUSE INCLUDING IRON RAILINGS, ST ANDREW STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1384894
- Date first listed:
- 12-Feb-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Bridewell House Including Iron Railings
- Statutory Address:
- BRIDEWELL HOUSE INCLUDING IRON RAILINGS, ST ANDREW STREET
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- Date:
- 2005-01-09
- Reference:
- IOE01/13760/04
- Rights:
- © Mr Hedley R. Hooper. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1384894
- Date first listed:
- 12-Feb-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 10-Apr-2000
- List Entry Name:
- Bridewell House Including Iron Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- BRIDEWELL HOUSE INCLUDING IRON RAILINGS, ST ANDREW 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:
- BRIDEWELL HOUSE INCLUDING IRON RAILINGS, ST ANDREW STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Mid Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Tiverton
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 95431 12228
Details
TIVERTON
SS9512 ST ANDREW STREET, Tiverton
848-1/6/264 (East side)
12/02/52 Bridewell House including iron
railings
(Formerly Listed as:
ST ANDREW'S STREET, Tiverton
(East side)
Police Station (former))
GV II
Police station, converted to flats. 1846, restored 1978 by the
Devon Historic Buildings Trust. Local volcanic trap to the
rear, mostly stuccoed; front elevation ashlar. Slate roof
concealed behind parapet; end stacks with deep projecting
cornices; cast-iron rainwater goods. Italianate style. 2 rooms
wide. One room deep with central entrance and rear centre
projection.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and basement. Symmetrical 3-bay front with
rusticated clasping pilasters to the first floor. Deep moulded
eaves cornice on dentil brackets with parapet above. Platband
at first-floor level. Centre bay broken forward and taller,
also has rusticated pilasters with the eaves cornice broken
out round them. Steps up to very tall, imposing, round-headed
doorway with hollow-chamfered rusticated arch and keyblock.
2-leaf panelled door with sunk panels and fanlight with small
panes and external grille. Granite blocks flank the steps up
to the front door. Horizontal ribbon window above doorway has
proud eaved architrave. Ground floor front windows are
tripartite with square-section mullions and deep sills on
brackets.
Windows (all probably renewed) glazed with 12-pane hornless
sash in centre and 4-pane in outer lights. First-floor windows
have proud plain architraves and are glazed with 12-pane
sashes. Barred basement windows also glazed with 12-pane
sashes. End stacks behind ramped walls. Return walls are
blind, except for basement door down steps on right return.
The left return wall retains a painted pointing finger and
sign POLICE STATION.
Rear elevation ground floor not seen. First floor 12-pane
sashes with proud eared architraves and 4-pane casements to
rear of main block.
INTERIOR: not accessible at time of survey.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: iron railings to basement area have
diagonal standards and leaf finials.
This is an impressive building with some unusual and
boldly-executed architectural detail in the tradition of the
earlier C18 Ordnance Board..
Listing NGR: SS9543112228
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 485353
- 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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