Description

LAUNCESTON

SX32843384 WESTERN ROAD
660-1/4/186 (North West side)
13/09/72 No.14
Oddfellows Hall

GV II

Hall. 1880 inscription on porch and plaque inscribed "MU2 OOF
4873 ROYAL UNITY LODGE LAUNCESTON". Brick with stucco quoins,
strings, cornices hoodmoulds and other details; dry slate roof
with pediment at the front end. Rectangular plan. Eclectic
style. 2 storeys; symmetrical 2-window entrance front. 4 steps
up to ordered central round-arched doorway with nook shafts
and corbelled gabled hood. Original doors and windows:
panelled doors; round-arched 2-pane hornless sashes flanking
doorway; quatrefoils above, all with hoods with pendants.
Panelled pediment with brackets under lower cornice, pseudo
machicolations to upper cornice and fluted round-arched
kneelers. INTERIOR not inspected but likely to be of interest.

Listing NGR: SX3295784457

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26482457

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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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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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6