Description

TRURO

SW8244NW LEMON STREET
880-1/6/162 (West side)
29/12/50 No.58

GV II

Town house. c1798. For Richard Coulson, lessee. Local
freestone ashlar front, asbestos slate roof with brick end
stacks. Double-depth plan with central entrance hall and 2
rooms at the front. 2 storeys; symmetrical 3-window front.
Plinth; central round-arched doorway with recessed architrave,
6-panel door and spoked fanlight. Shallow segmental arches
with projecting keyblocks over C20 horned sashes with glazing
bars. Rear has round-arched spoked stair window. INTERIOR:
moulded, and carved plaster ceiling cornices and bands,
doorcases with panelled beaded pilasters and entablature and
with similar detail to 6-panel doors and panelled shutters;
open-well open-string stair with mahogany handrail over stick
balusters with tall plinths. 1st floor not inspected.
(The Truro Buildings Research Group: Lemon Street and its
Neighbourhood: Truro: 1980-).

Listing NGR: SW8248644584

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26501007

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover