Description

PENRYN

SW7834NW WEST STREET
580-1/3/211 (South West side)
22/09/71 Westhill

GV II

Suburban villa. Early C19. Incised stucco on rubble with
plinth, incised pilasters; mid-floor guilloche frieze and
moulded eaves cornice; hipped asbestos slate roof; brick stack
over rear wall of front range on left, another over rear
gable. Double-depth plan including rear wing and lean-to. 2
storeys over basement; symmetrical 3-window garden front.
Original hornless sashes with glazing bars also to side
elevations; central ground-floor niche. Entrances to rear
wings including large box porch with moulded cornice and later
glazing. INTERIOR: virtually complete. Original features
include open-well staircase with turned newels, ramped
handrail and stick balusters; moulded and carved ceiling bands
and panelled shutters to front reception rooms; niche to rear
of right-hand room; moulded wooden chimneypieces to front and
rear left-hand chambers (boarded over in other chamber);
panelled doors and moulded architraves. Marble chimneypiece
with turned columns and corner blocks with roundels, probably
slightly later.

Listing NGR: SW7804334706

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26482864

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)