Description

TRURO

SW8344NE

880-1/9/2

Penarth and South Penarth

II

Former poor house, now two private houses. 1829-1832. Killas rubble with granite dressings; asbestos slate roof on left, concrete tile on right, stuccoed gables on granite kneelers to front; stuccoed axial and lateral stacks. Fairly large double-depth plan, Tudor Gothic style E-shaped at the front. Classical style at the rear. Two storeys; symmetrical-bay entrance front has projecting gable-ended central and end wings and two-storey entrance porches in the angles with the end wings. Four-centred arched doorways to porches; four-light wooden mullioned windows. Transoms and hoodmoulds to ground floor; three-light mullioned window to each bay of 1st floor. Rear is 4:3:4 bays with shallow segmental brick arches over original sashes with glazing bars. Central bays project and have central low-pitched gable with lunette. Ground floor has various lean-to extensions.

INTERIOR not inspected.

This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 17 April 2018.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497150

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)