Description

TRURO

SW8244NW FRANCES STREET 880-1/6/70 (North side) The Wig and Pen PH and attached forecourt walls and railings

GV II

2 villas, now public house. c1830s. Stucco on masonry; hipped asbestos slate roof with projecting eaves. L-shaped plan on street corner. 2 storeys; 3-window range to Frances Street, 4-window range to Castle Street. Early C19 sixteen-pane first-floor sashes, C20 horned 16-pane sashes to ground floor and early C19 sash with margin panes to right of Castle Street front, all set in raised stucco architraves with vermiculated keys. Later C19 stuccoed canted porch with cornice to parapet and mid C20 door on angle between fronts; blind window above central semi-circular arched doorway with mid C20 door set in raised stucco architrave to Castle Street front and bracketed cornice over 6-panel door set in architrave with decorative fanlight. INTERIOR: altered on ground floor with plaster stripped from walls, otherwise not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: low dressed granite forecourt walls as plinths for C19 iron railings and granite steps up to porch.

Listing NGR: SW8231844886

External Links

• Wikidata Q26497174

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