Description

PLYMOUTH

SX5455NW FORE STREET, Plympton St Maurice
740-1/49/475 (North side)
23/04/52 No.18
The Cage

GV II

Reputed to have been the town lock-up, now a house. C17 or
C18. Render on probable studwork to projecting upper floor on
colonnade; render on probable rubble to ground-floor wall set
back to rear of pavement; dry slate roof with central roof
dormer with lead roof and slate-hung cheeks and 12-pane
2-light casement; tall brick stack on the right. Deep plan
including rear wing.
2 storeys plus attic; 1-window range. Very wide C20 tripartite
window with central 18-pane hornless sash and 8-pane casements
to sidelights above a crudely wrought hardwood bressumer on a
colonnade with 3 round granite columns with entasis.
Ground-floor front set back has C20 fixed light with glazing
bars on the left and doorway on the right with C20 ledged
door.
INTERIOR: not inspected but may contain features which would
help to give a more precise dating.
Covered pavement greatly enhances the interest of this
building.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-:
684).

Listing NGR: SX5430655799

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26537047

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]