{"id":10706,"date":"2016-04-15T22:30:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T15:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-barnstaple-it-has-potential\/"},"modified":"2016-04-15T23:06:42","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T16:06:42","slug":"lets-move-to-barnstaple-it-has-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-barnstaple-it-has-potential\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Barnstaple: \u2018It has potential'"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOnce upon a time it was the third megalopolis of Devon \u2013 but could it really be quite the place again?What\u2019s going for it? \u201cBarnstaple: it\u2019s a must\u201d goes the town\u2019s slogan, which is, perhaps, overdoing it a little. \u201cIt\u2019s a quite possibly\u201d might be more accurate. Barnstaple has potential. Once upon a time it was quite the place, all Norman barons, wool exports and grand architecture, the third megalopolis of Devon, after Exeter and Plymouth. Then it wasn\u2019t. That\u2019s how fortune goes. Now it sits in North Devon without much to do, bypassed by holidaymakers en route for the sands at Croyde and Woolacombe. On the plus side, being mostly overlooked by much of the 20th century means it has some fine and pretty streets, a potentially beautiful waterfront, a 1930s cinema that seems barely changed since The Poseidon Adventure was up on its silver screen, and a nice line in historic arches: Barnstaple Long Bridge over the Taw has 16, the Victorian Pannier Market on Butchers Row 33. Were its light not quite so hidden under its bushel, Barnstaple could be quite the place again.The case against Lacks va-va-voom. The centre has messed-about spots (ring roads, banal 80s offices) and the High Street is humdrum. Without the car parks and big roads, its riverside could be amazing. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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