Description

LISKEARD

SX2564 GREENBANK ROAD
979-1/5/113 (South East side)
22/07/81 Luxtowe House

II

Large suburban house now offices. 1831 datestone. By George
Wightwick. For William Glencross. Coursed rubble with granite
dressings; some slatehanging; dry slate roofs, some with coped
gables otherwise hipped; embattled parapet over entrance; tall
chimneyshafts hexagonal and diamond, singles, pairs or in
threes.
2 attached irregular-plan blocks with courtyard between. Tudor
Gothic style. 2 storeys. Principal entrance range has plinth,
hoodmoulds and gable finials. NE entrance front is 1:3:1 bays
with canted right of centre bays with central 4-centred arched
doorway with corbelled 4-light oriel over and tall finials
over the angles; single 4-centred arched lights to canted
bays; gable end on left has 2-light transomed mullioned
window; 3-light mullion above, both with 4-centred arched
lights and dated coat-of-arms to gable; embattled right-hand
bay blind except for small ground-floor window.
SE garden front is 1:1:1:2 bays with projecting cross wing on
left with slatehanging to 1st floor, gables above windows rise
from embattled parapet; 2-light casements within moulded stone
surrounds; slate-roofed wooden verandah to ground floor. NW
courtyard elevation retains some windows, including large
stair window, with cast-iron lozenge glazing.
INTERIOR has many original Tudor-Gothic style doors and
mouldings; traceried fanlight over tripartite lobby door;
open-well staircase and some moulded and carved plasterwork.
(Colvin H: A Bibliographical Dictionary of British Architects
1600-1840: London: 1978-: 889-90).

Listing NGR: SX2534964865

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26501830

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (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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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas