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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497174

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)