Description

LISKEARD

SX2564 THE PARADE
979-1/5/174 (East side)
23/09/50 Webb's Hotel

GV II

Hotel. 1833 and inscribed 'R.W.' on rainwater head on
extension to rear. By J Foulston of Plymouth. Incised stucco
on rubble over coursed freestone plinth; mid-floor bands;
hipped dry Delabole slate roof with moulded cornice under deep
eaves, large stucco axial stacks; cast-iron ogee gutters.
Large square plan. Classical style. 3 storeys over basement;
symmetrical 5-window entrance front. Original hornless sashes,
most with glazing bars, within moulded eared architraves;
central doorway with panelled reveals, pair of top-glazed
doors, patterned fanlight; all within granite distyle Tuscan
porch. Pike Street has 6-window range with similar details
plus doorway to basement with stucco doorcase. INTERIOR has
many original or later C19 features including modillion
cornice to entrance hall; inner doorway like outer doorway;
wide open-well open-string staircase with Vitruvian scroll
detail; reeded ceiling cornice to large stair hall and similar
detail to door panels. A fine example which makes an important
contribition to the townscape.

Listing NGR: SX2513164588

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26498753

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Recommended Books

• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)