Description

HELSTON

SW6427 LADY STREET
631-1/4/136 (North side)
24/03/50 No.9
Leslie House
(Formerly Listed as:
LADY STREET
(North side)
No.9)

GV II

Town house. Early C19. Granite ashlar with plinth, flat arches
and 1st-floor sill string; hipped asbestos slate roof with
projecting eaves. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys over basement;
regular 5-window front, probably originally symmetrical with
central doorway. Early C19 16-pane hornless sashes except for
taller 24-pane hornless sashes flanking wide doorway towards
right with 6-panel door and patterned overlight and
sidelights. Rear has original hornless sashes with glazing
bars including mid-floor round-arched stair window with
fanlight head and window to ground-floor left with double
doors with margin panes intersecting to overlight; cast-iron
balcony in front. INTERIOR: many original and restored
features including: panelled doors, window shutters; open-well
staircase; moulded and carved ceiling cornices with bands and
at least one marble chimneypiece with corner blocks and
roundels.

Listing NGR: SW6576127486

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491012

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  For the Record
• 
  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2