Description

FALMOUTH

SW8132SW BANK PLACE 843-1/11/29 Nos.1, 2 AND 3 22/07/49

GV II*

Terrace of 3 large town houses, No.1 with later shops. c1770s. Red brick on rubble with granite plinth, mid-floor strings and keyblocks to flat brick arches; modillion eaves cornice also to central triangular pediment with lunette over; original grouted scantle slate roof to No.1 (right), Delabole slate to No.2 and dry slate to No.3; 2 brick axial stacks and end stack on right; hipped ends. Double-depth plan. 3 storeys. Terrace of 3 houses designed as a unified "palace" front, each house originally a symmetrical 5-window front, the central house emphasised by having the central 3 bays broken forward and pedimented. The symmetry of No.1 is lost since 2 shop fronts were inserted early C20. No.2 has a doorway inserted, at left and right in the former window openings. Windows of No.1 boarded over, other windows late C19 horned sashes or C20 windows. Original open-pedimented and pilastered doorways with round-arched fanlights, spoked to No.1. INTERIOR of No.2 includes semi-circular arch between vestibule and stair hall, original open-well staircase with stick balusters and ramped handrail scrolled over newel, some original doors and original chimney-piece to 1st-floor right-hand room. HISTORY: No.2 was the Custom House from the late C18 until the present Custom House was erected in 1814. (Gilson P: Falmouth in Old Photographs: Falmouth: 1990-: 58).













Listing NGR: SW8112232455

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)