Description

BODMIN

SX0667 FORE STREET
629-1/2/57 (North side)
08/06/72 No.83
Chestnuts

GV II

Town house. Early C19, or possibly remodelling of older house.
Incised stucco, on rubble; with rusticated quoins and moulded
hoods on brackets; rag slate roof, hipped return to entrance
front on the left; moulded eaves and cast-iron ogee gutters.
Double-depth plan at right-angles to street. 2 storeys;
3-window-range entrance front. Original tripartite hornless
sashes with glazing bars; blind window to 1st floor left and
late C19 canted bay window to ground floor right. Central
round-arched doorway with 6-pane over 2-panel door, spoked
fanlight; porch with boxed-in granite Tuscan columns,
entablature with modillions; later glazed porch sides. Street
elevation is 2 storeys and 3 storeys; 1:2-window range:
tripartite sashes on left and to ground floor right, all with
late C19 horned sashes, most with consoles and hoods.
INTERIOR: original open-well staircase with open string;
original ceiling cornices and doors where inspected.

Listing NGR: SX0685867079

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26489861

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair