Description

HELSTON

SW6627 MENEAGE STREET
631-1/5/188 (North East side)
22/05/72 Meneage Hospital

GV II

Former workhouse. Probably 1855, the same as entrance gateway
with datestone (qv). Local rubble with granite dressings
including plinth, monolithic jambs and square eaves cornice;
dry Delabole slate roofs, hipped except for granite-coped
central rear gable with dressed granite stack, other stacks
brick: 2 axial stacks and 1 lateral stack; cast-iron ogee
gutters.
Symmetrical E-shaped plan with central tower porch at the
front, 2 shallow rear wings and deep central 2-storey wing
plus single-storey lean-to clasping the front corners.
3 storeys; nearly symmetrical 1:6:1:6:1-bay articulated front.
Some original 12-pane hornless sashes, some horned copies,
otherwise later transomed windows with small panes and two C20
1st-floor extensions carried on concrete piers in front of 3
bays at left and right, 1 bay from the porch; mid-floor stair
windows near angle on left and altered on right, otherwise
original openings. Taller porch has round-arched doorway with
original fanlight; round-arched window to each floor above,
impost band to 1st floor and blind oculus under moulded eaves
of pyramidal roof. End cross wings have tripartite windows in
wide openings to upper floor.
Right-hand lean-to on right has extra wing projecting forward
in front of angle. Other elevations are unaltered except for 2
small C20 single-storey additions at rear left; many original
12-pane hornless sashes and tripartite sashes including
central round-arched window of central rear gable with
concentric fanlight head, other windows replaced with
top-opening windows with glazing bars. Side walls are 3:1:3
bays with central entrance and stair bays. Central rear wing
is 2 storeys with two 1st-floor tripartite sashes to each side
wall and 1 similar ground-floor window. INTERIOR not
inspected.

Listing NGR: SW6619127245

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26490990

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)