Description

CAMBORNE BASSET ROAD
SW 63 NW
(west side)
10/19
No.34 (The Lowenac Hotel)
GV
II
House, now hotel. Said to be 1845; altered and extended. Stucco,
presumably on rubble, modern tiled roof. Double-pile plan, now with
modern entrance vestibule at left end. Two storeys; symmetrical 4-bay
facade has corner pilasters and 4-pane sashed windows with moulded
architraves, those at ground floor taller and with cornices on consoles; 2-
span hipped roof with projecting eaves, no chimneys. Modern single-storey
entrance vestibule at left end not of special interest. Rear has inter alia a
single-storey canted bay and a round-headed stairwindow; modern extension
not of special interest. Interior: original front door at left end with set-in
fluted columns, margin glazing and fanlight with intersecting tracery; axial
hallway; elaborate moulded plaster decoration in hallway and principal
rooms including fluted Corinthian pilasters, foliated modillions, cornices
with egg-and-dart, acanthus and vine, and fine undercut ribbon and lily
decoration; front rooms connected by large doorway with elaborate
architrave, flanked by curved doorways in rounded corners; large open-well
staircase with open string, scrolled brackets, 2 slender turned balusters per
tread, wreathed handrail

Listing NGR: SW6457739709

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26435484

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)