Description

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SX4654SW
740-1/60/790

PLYMOUTH
Stonehouse
EMMA PLACE (South side)
No. 61

GV

II
Manor Office designed by George Wightwick in 1836 for the Second Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. Stucco with stucco detail; roof hidden behind stucco parapet with moulded entablature. Classical style. Rectangular plan.Two-storey elevations; symmetrical three-bay front with giant pilasters dividing the bays plus rusticated quoin strips to corners. Squat triangular pediment over central bay; squat blind first-floor windows over tall ground-floor windows: original hornless sash with glazing bars on the left, blind window on the right, all within moulded architraves. Similar squat glazed window over central pilastered doorway with moulded hood on consoles; panelled overdoor and pair of glazed and panelled doors.

INTERIOR: not inspected.

An externally distinguished example in the Neo-Classical style characteristic of Foulston and Wightwick in the early/mid C19.

Group value with Nos 39-48 (consec) and 49-54 (consec) (qqv).

Listing NGR: SX4638754208

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26537134

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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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)