Description

TRURO

SW8244NW EDWARD STREET 880-1/6/44 (East side) 19/06/73 No.39 Rhondda House

GV II

Villa. Early C19. Probably by Philip Sambell for Josephus Ferris, developer. Render and stucco elevations, dry Delabole slate roof with wide eaves hipped on the left, pierced clay ridge tiles and brick end stacks on the right. Rectangular double-depth plan with 2 reception rooms flanking a central hall at the front, and a C20 wing behind left-hand side. 2 storeys; symmetrical 3-window west street front has wide elliptical-arched central doorway with vermiculated rustication, C20 glazed door, original fanlight. Probably original hornless sashes with glazing bars under shallow segmental arches: margin lights to ground floor, 16-pane to 1st floor. Left-hand return wall has remains of fluted pilaster on the right. First floor has 3 windows in moulded architraves, original 12-pane sash on the left and 2 blind openings; widely-spaced brackets under the eaves. INTERIOR not inspected but likely to be of interest. (The Truro Buildings Research Group: River Street and its Neighbourhood: Truro: 1980-).

Listing NGR: SW8228544897

External Links

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings