Description

TRURO

SW8244NE LEMON STREET
880-1/7/126 (East side)
29/12/50 Nos.16 AND 17

GV II

Town house. c1798. By Hill, builder for Noel Penrose, tailor.
Granite ashlar basement, local freestone ashlar above with
natural slate roof behind parapet and brick end stacks.
Double-depth plan with central entrance hall between 2 front
reception rooms. 2 storeys over basement; symmetrical 3-window
front. Central doorcase with slender engaged Tuscan columns
and moulded entablature with dentilled cornice, panelled
reveals, 6-panel door and overlight with traceried glazing
bars; first-floor sill string, moulded parapet cornice and
original or early C19 twelve-pane sashes under shallow
segmental arches with projecting key blocks. Ground-floor
masonry left of doorway has at some time been rebuilt possibly
to replace former shop front. Original panel doors to
basement. INTERIOR: has much of its original carpentry and
joinery details.
(The Truro Buildings Research Group: Lemon Street and its
Neighbourhood: Truro: 1980-).

Listing NGR: SW8262144693

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26500900

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version