Description

TRURO

SW8244SE STRANGWAYS VILLAS 880-1/11/292 (South side) Nos.3 AND 4 and attached forecourt walls and railings

GV II

Pair of semi-detached villas, including basement forecourt walls and railings. Mid C19. Stucco with channelled rustication to ground floor and terminal quoin strips; Delabole slate hipped roofs with 2 roof dormers at the front; wide eaves; central axial stack; cast-iron ogee gutters. Double-depth pair with mirror-image plans. 2 storeys plus attics over basements; symmetrical 4-window first-floor range. Basement has panelled doors with overlights flanking canted bay windows with glazing-bar sashes; consoles to cornices beneath canted ground-floor bay windows with horned sashes and moulded cornices to openwork parapets. Keyed segmental arches over horned 4-pane sashes set in eared and lugged architraves. 2 gabled roof dormers. Small 2-storey wings set back on either side: each front has round-arched sash window with marginal panes above. INTERIORS not inspected but likely to be of interest. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: forecourt retaining walls are surmounted by iron railings with fleur-de-lis finials. Similar gates.

Listing NGR: SW8258744403

External Links

• Wikidata Q26497254

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)