Description

FALMOUTH

SW8032SE FLORENCE TERRACE 843-1/10/94 Nos.1-15 (Consecutive) 22/07/49 and attached garden walls and railings to Nos 1, 8, 10, 11 and 14 (Formerly Listed as: FLORENCE TERRACE Nos.1-15 (Consecutive))

GV II

Terrace of 15 small houses. Mid C19. Stucco on rubble; scantle slate roofs to Nos 2, 6, 7 & 10, and to rear of No.1, dry slate to No.9, otherwise asbestos slate; hipped at ends of terrace; brick stacks over party walls forward and rear of ridge; cast-iron ogee gutters to Nos 6-8 & 10-15, moulded gutter on paired brackets to No.4. Double-depth plan plus rear service wings at right angles. 2 storeys; overall 30-window range, doorways flanked by 2-storey projecting oriels with panelled quadrant pilasters. Original hornless sashes, most with glazing bars. Ground floor has open wooden arcaded verandah with tented lead roof, some with later infill glazing; tripartite doorways; original 3-panel doors, some with later top glazing, except for Nos 1, 10 & 13 with later or C20 doors. Left-hand return of No.15 has 2 oriel windows similar to front windows. Right hand return (rear wing) of No.1 is a 3-window range with original 12-pane hornless sashes. Rear has many original sashes, many with horizontal panes. Later C19 hipped canted dormers to Nos 3, 5 & 10-13 and gabled dormers with shaped and pierced barge boards to Nos 1 & 2. Rear has original hipped dormers to all except Nos 13 & 15; original 12-pane hornless sashes to all except Nos 13 & 15 and with original 12-pane hornless sashes to Nos 3-10 & 14 plus larger hipped stair dormer to No.7 with sash with margin panes and coloured glass. INTERIOR not inspected but likely to be of interest. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: segmental granite-coped rubble forecourt garden walls. Original wrought-iron railings to Nos 8, 10, 11 & 14. Also a high rubble garden wall with scantle slate coping and red clay ridge tiles to right of rear garden of No.1 and a section of similar wall parallel to rear.









Listing NGR: SW8068332388

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