Description

SX 8366 IPPLEPEN FORE STREET, Ipplepen
6/136 Penlee, including garden boundary
- wall railings and gate piers to
23.8.55 south-east
-
GV II
House. Circa early C19. Stucco walls with rusticated quoins. Hipped slate roof
with brackets under eaves. 2 rendered brick gable end stacks.
Double depth plan of 2 front rooms one on either side of central stairhall. A third
main room at rear right and kitchen at rear on left-hand side. C20 extension at
rear. The partition between the right-hand room and room behind has been removed.
2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-window front with central door. First floor windows are
original 12-pane hornless sashes. On ground floor the tall 18-pane hornless sashes
have arched heads with gothic tracery. Original panelled door has 4 reeded strips
instead of bottom 2 panels, each has a carved swag at the top. Round-headed
doorway. Band between floors. At rear is circa early C20 leanto extension.
Interior retain a number of original features. Simple moulded cornice to principal
rooms. The front right-hand room has an alcove either side of the chimney-breast
each with ornate ogee shaped head and moulded pilaster either side with decorative
capital. Both front rooms have original panelled shutters. In the hall are reeded
architraves with roundels in the corners and 6-panel doors. The open well
staircase has simply turned newels with stick balusters. No original chimneypieces
survive.
To include the limestone rubble garden wall to the front, bordering the road, which
has iron railings on top, of which the intermediate posts have urn finials.
Slightly projecting gate piers at the centre with similarly decorated post either
side of gate.

Listing NGR: SX8353666628

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26389551

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