Description

PORTREATH GLENFEADON TERRACE
SW 64 NE
(south side)
1/232
Glenfeadon House
II
House, now hotel. Mid C19, for the Basset family of Tehidy, altered in later
C19. Coursed killas rubble with granite dressings and ashlar additions, slate roof.
Double-depth plan with set-back side wings. Two storeys over an exposed
basement, 3 bays with l-bay side wings, symmetrical; rusticated quoins, basement
of channelled rustication, now under a loggia added to the front of the raised
ground floor, and supported by square piers similarly rusticated. In the centre a
flight of double-returned steps (protected by cast-iron ornamental balustrades)
leads to the entrance in the centre of the loggia, which has an arcade of 7
moulded round-headed arches on Tuscan columns mounted on a balustrade, and a
balustraded parapet; the centre is an enclosed porch which has a doorway framed
by pilasters, fanlight with radiating glaring bars, keystone, and floating cornice
on double consoles; and at 1st floor above this is a rectangular bay window in
similar style, with a 12-pane sash in the front, round-headed windows in the
sides, and a balustraded parapet. Flanking the porch are large 12-pane sashed
windows with rusticated surrounds and stepped voussoirs with raised keystones; all
the other windows are similar except that the lintels are plain. Hipped roof with
bracketed eaves and side-wall chimneys (those on the right cut down). Left end
of left wing has canted bay window with balustrade.

Listing NGR: SW6588545195

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26544992

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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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)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6