Description

PLYMOUTH

SX4856SE DORMY AVENUE, Mannamead
740-1/38/326 (South East side)
Wentworth House and Wentworth
Cottage

GV II

Villa. Mid C19. Stucco with stucco
detail; dry slate hipped roofs over modillion eaves cornices;
cast-iron ogee gutters; stuccoed stacks with moulded cornices;
double-depth plan.
2 storeys; 2;3 window range road frontage. Original sashes:
hornless sashes with glazing bars to 1st floor of house,
otherwise horned sashes; most windows with moulded hoods on
carved consoles and sills on brackets, the bay windows (also
to right-hand return) with moulded entablature. Cottage, on
the left, has doorway at far right of regular fenestration.
House has central pilastered round-arched doorway, bay window
on the left and blind window over blind pilastered window on
the right; plinth rusticated quoins and mid-floor string.
Right-hand return has similar detail to that of the front.
INTERIOR: not inspected but likely to reflect the high quality
of the exterior.
On of the best examples of an 1850-1870s group of villas.

Listing NGR: SX4871656304

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26537645

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)