Birmingham Midshires Building Society
BIRMINGHAM MIDSHIRES BUILDING SOCIETY, THE SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1385353
- Date first listed:
- 31-Dec-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Birmingham Midshires Building Society
- Statutory Address:
- BIRMINGHAM MIDSHIRES BUILDING SOCIETY, THE SQUARE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1385353
- Date first listed:
- 31-Dec-1973
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 29-Sept-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Birmingham Midshires Building Society
- Statutory Address 1:
- BIRMINGHAM MIDSHIRES BUILDING SOCIETY, THE SQUARE
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:
- BIRMINGHAM MIDSHIRES BUILDING SOCIETY, THE SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- North Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Barnstaple
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 55911 33018
Details
BARNSTAPLE
SS5533SE THE SQUARE
684-1/7/235 (North side)
31/12/73 Birmingham Midshires Building
Society
(Formerly Listed as:
THE SQUARE
(North side)
Bale's Garage)
GV II
House, now offices. Probably early or mid C18, slightly
altered in early/mid C19. Solid rendered walls. Steeply
pitched hipped slated roof. Plan appears to be L-shaped, with
1-room-deep ranges facing S and W. An old photograph shows the
door in the middle of S front.
3 storeys with garret. Each of the 2 fronts is 3-window range.
Ground storey wholly altered with late C20 display windows.
Upper-storey windows have 6-paned sashes in box-frames; centre
windows in each front are blind. Front facing S has
full-height flanking pilasters. Bracketed eaves cornice on
both fronts, continued on return front to right; latter has a
blind window in each storey. Hipped dormer with 2-paned sashes
and boxed eaves cornice, facing south; a late C20 dormer on
the hip at either end.
INTERIOR inspected only on ground floor. This has been wholly
altered in late C20; upper floors also said to be altered.
Included for group value.
Listing NGR: SS5591133018
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 485815
- 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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