Description

TRURO

SW8244NE LEMON STREET
880-1/7/133 (East side)
29/12/50 No.24
and attached forecourt railings

GV II

Town house, now office. c1803. By Richard Arthur, builder and
lessee. Granite ashlar basement, local freestone ashlar above
and asbestos slate roof with 2 hipped roof dormers behind
parapet and brick end stacks. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys
plus later attic over basement; 2-window-range front.
Round-headed doorcase with fluted pilasters and open pediment,
on the left; panelled reveals, 6-panel door and spoked
fanlight; mid-floor string course, moulded parapet cornice and
early C19 hornless sashes with glazing bars under flat arches
with projecting key blocks. Straight joints flanking wider
ground-floor window and to left of window above and surviving
voussoirs show that both openings have been reduced in size.
INTERIOR not inspected but likely to be of interest.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: original latticed wrought-iron railings
flank entrance bridge and stand over forecourt wall which
adjoins granite steps down to the basement.
(The Truro Buildings Research Group: Lemon Street and its
Neighbourhood: Truro: 1980-).

Listing NGR: SW8257944645

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497196

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)