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Listed building outline: 3-9, PALK STREET, 3-15, VAUGHAN PARADE 390878

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3-9, PALK STREET, 3-15, VAUGHAN PARADE 390878

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.525567 50.461573,-3.525597 50.461581,-3.525856...
• entry-date: 1975-01-10
• listed-building: 1206871
• name: 3-9, PALK STREET, 3-15, VAUGHAN PARADE
• notes: Includes: Nos.3-9 PALK STREET. Terrace of 7 houses. 1831, to the designs of Jacob Harvey. Thorough renovation, replanning and rear additions of 1991. Stuccoed and blocked out; slate roof; stacks with rendered shafts. PLAN: In an important position, facing the inner harbour. Each house double-depth on plan, arranged as pairs with doors towards the centre and end stacks, stairs facing door. Old list description refers to 2 original shopfronts. Present scheme has converted each ground floor into a shop, removed ground floors of Nos 3 & 4 to provide walkway through to rear, and added single-storey range of shops along rear wall on the model of Cheltenham and Bath. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attic 14-bay front, ground floor almost entirely renewed. Recessed front doors with deep overlights in doorcases with panelled reveals; pilasters with incised Greek key decoration. Shop fronts, entirely renewed, have left and right pilasters; windows with deep fascias; glazed shop doors with low panels, overlights and pilasters. First-floor windows 6 over 9-pane sashes, the 2 right-hand with original cast-iron balconies, some others with modern copies. Second-floor windows 3 over 6-pane sashes; attic dormers with segmental heads. The rear elevation shops are in an historical style. INTERIOR: Not inspected in detail, but appears to be replanned. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1952-1989: P.856). Listing NGR: SX9180263496
• reference: 390878
• start-date: 1975-01-10