Arundel and Boundary Wall and Gate Piers
ARUNDEL AND BOUNDARY WALL AND GATE PIERS, VICTORIA ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1385389
- Date first listed:
- 31-Aug-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Arundel and Boundary Wall and Gate Piers
- Statutory Address:
- ARUNDEL AND BOUNDARY WALL AND GATE PIERS, VICTORIA ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1385389
- Date first listed:
- 31-Aug-1988
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 29-Sept-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Arundel and Boundary Wall and Gate Piers
- Statutory Address 1:
- ARUNDEL AND BOUNDARY WALL AND GATE PIERS, VICTORIA ROAD
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:
- ARUNDEL AND BOUNDARY WALL AND GATE PIERS, VICTORIA ROAD
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 56418 32721
Details
BARNSTAPLE
SS5632 VICTORIA ROAD
684-1/5/259 (North West side)
31/08/88 Arundel and boundary wall and gate
piers
(Formerly Listed as:
VICTORIA ROAD, Arundel
(North side)
Arundel(frmly known as Arundel &
Newliston)inc bth pairs of gatepiers
at front)
II
Marked on OS as Arundel and Newliston.
Pair of semi-detached houses, now combined into one property.
Mid C19. Solid, rendered walls, probably of brick or stone.
Slated roofs, except for flat-roofed entrance porches. Main
houses hipped; rear wings hipped on inward-facing sides.
Rendered chimney on centre of ridge, above the party wall;
rear wings with chimney on the outward facing gable end, that
on the right-hand house of red brick, that on the left-hand
house rendered.
The houses have mirrored plans with entrance porches set back
slightly, at opposite ends. Small rear wing behind each porch,
parallel with the main house and projecting beyond the outer
side wall of the porch.
2 storeys with high semi-basements. Each house is 2-window
range with a further window in each porch and rear wing. Main
houses have broad band above semi-basement and moulded string
course at first-floor level. Semi-basement windows plain with
sashes having 2 upright glazing bars each. Ground-floor
windows segmental-headed with vermiculated archivolts, and
keystones, the former springing from moulded imposts supported
by large brackets; cills project on small brackets. Sash
windows, each with 1 horizontal glazing bar. 2nd-storey
windows have moulded, eaved architraves and cills on small
brackets; 6-paned sashes. Bracketed eaves cornice.
Entrance porches have 3 panelled doors and door-heads matching
those of the ground-storey windows, except that the imposts
are supported by 2 brackets; flight of steps in front with low
wall at either side having a flat stone coping. Upper-storey
windows have 6-paned sashes. Top cornice, the right-hand porch
with blocking course; at the left-hand house this has been
replaced by a parapet.
Rear wings have plain windows which have been altered, except
that the 2nd-storey windows have cills projecting on brackets;
ground-storey window of right-hand house has decorative iron
window-box holder. Semi-basement of left-hand wing has
6-panelled door; that of right-hand wing has 4-panelled door
with late C19 porch having turned wood columns and decorative
iron brackets. Both wings have bracketed eaves cornices.
Windows in rear wall (visible from passage leading to Barbican
Road) have mostly been altered, but left-hand house appears to
retain some barred sashes. INTERIOR not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: gate piers at the front are of ashlar
stone with moulded caps. Boundary wall of stone rubble with
shaped red brick coping.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Victoria Road was cut through in 1853
(Gardiner, p.16).
(Gardiner WF: Barnstaple, 1837-1897: 1897-: 16).
Listing NGR: SS5641832721
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 485851
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Gardiner, W F, Barnstaple 1837-1897, (1897), 16
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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