Clara Place

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Clara Place
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Clara Place, Topsham
Clara Place
General information
Type Garden square
AddressFollett Road, Topsham, Devon
CountryEngland
Coordinates 50°41′06″N3°28′03″W / 50.6849°N 3.4676°W / 50.6849; -3.4676
Completed1841(184 years ago) (1841)

Clara Place is a garden square in Topsham, Devon. It was built in 1841 and is Grade II* listed. [1]

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Architecture

The square is composed of a three-sided courtyard of three blocks, each of three houses. [2] The fourth side faces the road, with central steps up from the road and iron railings, which also date from 1841 and are Grade II* listed. [3] Each block is headed by a central pediment with the central block higher than the others at three storeys. [2]

Clara Place is one of the only Victorian examples of Topsham's notable historic buildings. [4]

History

Clara Place was built in 1841 on the former site of the Topsham workhouse. [5] The garden square was developed by William Clapp, who named it after his wife Clara. [6]

According to Pevsner, Clara Place was described as 'a neat building' 'for the accomodation of decent folks'. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Clara Place, Topsham, Devon". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 "CLARA PLACE, Non Civil Parish - 1103963 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "RAILINGS, STEPS AND CAST IRON PIERS AT CLARA PLACE, Non Civil Parish - 1170221 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  4. ↑ Stuff, Good. "Listed Buildings in Exeter - Topsham Ward, Exeter, Devon". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  5. ↑ Penberthy-Hutchings, Tina (29 August 2017). "Four-bed house is cheapest in sought-after Devon town by almost £200,000". Devon Live. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  6. ↑ cherrygilchrist (6 September 2020). "Hidden Topsham – Part Three". Cherry's Cache. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1989). The buildings of England (2nd ed. extensively revised ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin books. ISBN   978-0-14-071050-2.
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