Description

HELSTON

SW6427 CHURCH STREET
631-1/4/24 (West side)
24/03/50 No.20

GV II

Town house. Probably C17 or early C18. Granite and other local
rubble with some granite dressings and timber lintels; steep
asbestos slate roof behind rubble and granite-coped parapet;
rubble stack on left, rendered stack on right. Double-depth
plan. 2 storeys; symmetrical 3-window front. Central late C18
or early C19 bowed oriel with small panes, moulded entablature
and moulded apron over pilastered doorway, of similar date,
with moulded entablature and original 6-panel door with top 2
panels later glazed; other windows are early C19. 16-pane
hornless sashes except for C20 horned copy to ground floor
right. Rear elevation has slatehanging to 1st floor and large
flight of granite steps with original iron balustrade.
INTERIOR: granite-flagged cross-passage to C18 dogleg
staircase with closed string and column-turned balusters;
original stair cupboard door with H hinges and adjoining C18
two-panel door planked at its back.

Listing NGR: SW6591127542

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26490855

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)