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Devonshire House

A Grade II Listed Building in Southsea, City of Portsmouth

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Latitude: 50.7873 / 50°47'14"N

Longitude: -1.088 / 1°5'16"W

OS Eastings: 464384

OS Northings: 99030

OS Grid: SZ643990

Mapcode National: GBR VRJ.G7

Mapcode Global: FRA 87L0.KXK

Plus Code: 9C2WQWP6+WR

Entry Name: Devonshire House

Listing Date: 18 March 1999

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1104312

English Heritage Legacy ID: 474679

ID on this website: 101104312

Location: Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO5

County: City of Portsmouth

Electoral Ward/Division: St Jude

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Portsmouth

Traditional County: Hampshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire

Church of England Parish: Southsea St Jude

Church of England Diocese: Portsmouth

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SZ6499
774-1/13/354

PORTSMOUTH
Southsea
GROVE ROAD SOUTH (West side)
No 5

(Formerly listed as Portland Place)

GV
II

Formerly known as: Devonshire House GROVE ROAD SOUTH.

Villa, now offices. 1850. Probably by TE Owen. Stuccoed. Low pitch Welsh slate roof, right part hipped, rendered stack to left and right of centre.

EXTERIOR: two storeys, attic and basement, right part two storeys. Four bays (1:2:1). On right is a projecting single storey entrance porch; four stone steps approach a two-leaf four-panelled door with 12-pane overlight, bracketed cornice and block parapet. Left and right return to porch has a 12-pane sash. Recessed right part behind porch has on first floor a 12-pane sash with flat arch between shaped eaves brackets. Projecting bracketed eaves to right and left parts. Centre part projects slightly and has a two-storey segmental bay with two sashes, first floor band, two further sashes, block parapet and moulded coping. On recessed left part is a similar sash on ground and first floor. Each sash has a six-pane top leaf and three-pane bottom leaf with 36-pane leaded lights under, and set under flat stuccoed arch. Second floor sillband. Centre part has two-leaf round-headed attic casement set under round stuccoed arch, architrave and flanking pilasters, facing gable with broken pediment and flanking paired brackets. On left is a six-pane sash set between shaped eaves brackets.

INTERIOR not inspected.

(Portsmouth Papers No.32: Riley RC: The House & Inhabitants of Thomas Ellis Owen's Southsea: 1980-).

Listing NGR: SZ6443499181

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