Description

FALMOUTH

SW8032NE ARWENACK STREET 843-1/7/7 (North East side) 23/01/73 Nos.7, 8 AND 10

GV II

Formerly known as: Nos.7-9 ARWENACK STREET. Terrace of 3 town houses with later shops. Early C19. Stucco on probable rubble; slatehanging at rear; original scantle slate roof to No.8, otherwise asbestos slate, all with deep eaves on paired brackets; brick stacks: end stack on left; axial stack towards right. Double-depth plan plus rear extensions. 3 storeys; 3-window range. C20 copies of original hornless sashes with margin panes to Nos 8 & 10; mid to late C19 4-pane hornless sash to No.7; later 2-light casement above. Pilasters articulate facade; 1st-floor windows within recessed elliptical-arched panels; impost strings and sill string surviving to No.8. Ground floor has 3 shop fronts: 2-light shop front with panelled end pilasters and segmental arches to No.7, late C19 3-light shop front with end pilasters and moulded entablature to No.8; similar but simplified shop front to No.10; both with splayed sidelights to doorways with original overlights. Round-arched ope (passage) doorway left of No.8. INTERIOR of No.8 has many original features including: dog-leg staircase with stick balusters and turned newels; plaster ceiling cornice with moulded band and corner blocks, and panelled doors. An interesting neo-classical facade, the sash windows having unusual glazing-bar patterns which anticipate later designs characteristic of Falmouth.













Listing NGR: SW8099032643

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