Description

TRURO

SW8244NW ST GEORGE'S ROAD
880-1/6/272 (North side)
Nos.11 AND 12
and attached forecourt walls and
railings

GV II

Pair of houses in row. Mid C19. Painted brick with stucco
details; asbestos slate roof; deep brick chimneys over the
cross walls. Pair of mirror-image plans with parallel entrance
halls together in the centre: each house has reception room at
the front and service room behind. 2 storeys over basement;
symmetrical 4-window first-floor range to 1:1:1-bay front.
Terminal quoin strips and consoles to eaves cornice; raised
central bay has moulded hood on console brackets over mid C20
door (11) and original panelled door with overlight (12), and
pair of horned 8-pane sashes set in raised and eared
architraves with flanking rusticated quoin strips. Tripartite
sashes with glazing bars to outer bays set in eared and raised
segmental-arched architraves, with bracketed cornices to
ground floor. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: shallow basement forecourts
have front retaining walls which are surmounted by iron
railings with fleur-de-lis finials.

Listing NGR: SW8214344945

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26501347

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)