Description

SW 63 SW BREAGE GODOLPHIN CROSS

4/69 House adjoining the Post Office and
front garden wall

GV II

House and front garden wall, originally house with integral shop. Circa early C19.
Dressed granite brought to course, with granite sills and flat brick- arches with
projecting granite keystones. Asbestos slate roof with brick chimneys over gable
ends, cast iron ogee eaves gutter.
Double depth plan with kitchen/living room left, originally shop, right, with cross
passage between and shallower service rooms flanking stair behind.
2 storeys. Nearly symmetrical 3 window east front with central doorway and the
ground floor right hand (shop) window wider. Circa early-mid C20 top glazed door; 4-
pane sash to ground floor left; 6-pane sash to ground floor right and the original
16-pane, hornless sashes to the first floor.
Interior not inspected.
Garden at the front is higher than the road and the battered retaining wall is of
coarsed, roughly-squared granite with slightly projecting dressed granite coping. At
the right hand side wall is a gateway with round headed granite monolith gate piers.
An interesting rural village house with shop design and grouping with other buildings
included in this list.

Listing NGR: SW6087631298

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26435034

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