Description

SX 55 SE YEALMPTON TORR
4/228
Rockdale

II

House. Circa 1824. Stuccoed stone. Low pitched slate hipped roof with oversailing
eaves with Paired brackets to soffit. Two storeys. Three bays. Centre pedimented
gable with round-arched recess and pilasters. Pairs of pilasters at either end.
Sash windows with glazing bars in double and recessed openings, centre first floor
with segmental head. Central round-headed doorway with pilasters, cornice and
wreaths in the spandrels, and with side lights. Large semi-circular fanlight with
inset rectangular fanlight with diamond and foiled pane and anthemion motif in the
frieze. Two panel door. Two storeyed canted bay on right hand return.
Good contemporary interior: with vaulted hall, geometrical staircase, moulded
plasterwork and doorcases with Egyptian eared architraves. This house may have been
designed by John Foulston.

Listing NGR: SX5821951275

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26462553

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas