Description

TRURO

SW8244NE LEMON STREET 880-1/7/138 (East side) 29/12/50 Nos.30 AND 31 and attached steps and forecourt railings

GV II

Includes return into Fairmantle Street. Pair of town houses at end of row. c1803. By Randell, builder. Granite ashlar basement, otherwise coursed dressed local stone with some granite dressings; pair of dry Delabole slate hips behind parapets plus slate-hung gable behind left-hand hip. Double-depth-plan pair, similar at the front. 2 storeys over basement; nearly symmetrical 1:1:1- bay front. Nearly central pair of doorways set within porch formed by first-floor canted stuccoed bay window, with horned sashes under a moulded parapet cornice, carried on 2 slender Tuscan columns; within the porch are 2 x 6-panel doors under a blind elliptical fanlight; flanking 1-window fronts with shallow segmental arches with projecting key blocks, mid-floor strings and moulded parapets; probably original 20-pane sashes to No.30 (left), later 4-pane horned sashes to No.31. INTERIOR: No.31 has many original carpentry and joinery details and some plaster ceiling cornices. No.30 not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: pair of stepped bridges either side of porch with balustrade, step and forecourt railings plus central basement steps.

Listing NGR: SW8254944615

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings