Description

LEWANNICK
SX 28 SE
2/1 Bowden Derra
II
House, now used as home for the mentally handicapped. 1866 (datestone). Snecked
Polyphant and local stone. Steeply pitched slate roof with gable ends. Lateral,
axial and end stacks of snecked stone.
Plan: Overall 'L' shaped plan. Entrance to left of centre, the left hand room heated
by a front lateral stack and the entrance hall and room to right probably sharing an
axial stack. The wing to front right contains a second entrance and stair hall and
the service rooms are accommodated beyond to right. The parallel range to rear
contains principal rooms overlooking the garden.
High Victorian Gothic style.
Exterior: Two storeys. Asymmetrical front elevation, the entrance to left of centre
through a single storey porch with 4-centred arch and datestone in the spandrels.
Projecting lateral stack to left and 3-light mullion and transom window lighting
entrance hall to right. 4-centred relieving arch with 3-light mullion window beyond
first floor with 1-light, 2-light mullion window and 3-light mullion and transom
window. The wing to front right has an asymmetrically placed projecting stack on the
gable end with an asymmetrically placed 4-centred arch to the second entrance, at the
base of the projection. The lower 2-storey service range beyond has a bellcote on
the ridge. The garden front is more regular. Two storeys with gable ends to cross
wings set slightly forward to left and right. Central 6-light mullion and transom
window with 2-light and 1-light mullion window above. The left hand gable has a 4-
light mullion and transom window on the ground floor with a 3-light mullion and
transom window above and a quatrefoil in the gable end. To right, similar windows
but of 5-lights on the ground floor and with a ventilation slit in the gable end. To
front, the garden has steep C19 terraces partly rebuilt in the C20.
Interior: Original carpentry and joinery with stair, doors and doorframes, chamfered
2-centred Polyphant stone arches in the corridors and some chimney-pieces.
Only partially inspected inside.

Listing NGR: SX2576881815

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26540996

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