Description

LAUNCESTON

SX32843384 SOUTHGATE STREET
660-1/4/129 (West side)
13/09/72 No.8

GV II

Large town house with later shop, part which is listed at No.6
(qv). Mid C18. Brick laid to Flemish bond with band between
upper floors and flat arches; steep asbestos slate roof with
hip on left; moulded cornice under projecting front eaves
cornice. Deep plan including deep rear wing at right-angles on
left; passage (formerly central doorway of whole house) on
right. 3 storeys; 3-window range with right-hand (originally
central) bay broken forward. Late C19 two-pane horned sashes.
Ground floor has large mid C20 three-light shop front with
arched lights and full-width hipped lean-to roof on wooden
brackets; house doorway on left; carriage doorway on right
with exposed timber frame partition on its right. Rear now
converted to shops but incorporating vaulted cellars; at rear
of passage is reset C15 traceried wooden window in
Perpendicular style. INTERIOR not inspected but likely to be
of interest.

Listing NGR: SX3322484548

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26490582

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey