Description

ST CLEMENT
SW 84 NE
4/103 Pencalenick House
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GV II

Country house, now school. Cast iron rainwater heads have date 1881 and initials
M.H.W. Designed completed and occupied by Charles Williams. Freestone ashlar with
details in darker colour. Delabole slate roofs (hipped and polygonal).
Rectangular block around open courtyard with stair turret in angle and external
service wing east of north east corner. 2 storeys. South garden front is
3:1:3:1:3 bays. Central 3 broken forward with pediment over. Flanking 2 storeyed
canted bays. All bays have plinth platband, cornice and parapet. Taller central
18-pane sashes to flanking canted bows and central bay, others are 12-pane sash and
all have horns. Eared, moulded shaped and keyed window heads to central and end
groups of bays. Entrance to west side has prostyle, tetrastyle Tuscan porte
cochere 2 storeyed, 3 window projection with pediment. Lateral chimneys have
scrolled buttresses. Interior has wide open well stair with turned balusters,
plaster ceilings and cornices including Arabesque and geometric strapwork designs
in vestibules said to be by Italian craftsmen who were working on Truro Cathedral.

Listing NGR: SW8575245297

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26454752

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