Description

HELSTON

SW6427 COINAGEHALL STREET
631-1/4/59 (North side)
24/03/50 Nos.5 AND 7
(Formerly Listed as:
COINAGEHALL STREET
(North side)
Nos.5 AND 7
Star Hotel (5))

GV II

2 town houses with later shops. C18, refronted and remodelled
c1830. Granite ashlar to ground floor, rendered stucco on
studwork with 3 giant Ionic pilasters to upper floors,
mid-floor band to No.7 (left); 1st-floor carved sill aprons
No.5 is mostly render replacing stucco; scantle slate (No.7)
and asbestos slate hipped roof with projecting eaves over
carved frieze: No.7 with original guttae to soffit over a
moulded band; brick stack on right and over party wall.
Double-depth plan plus rear service wings at right-angles. 3
storeys; overall 5-window 2nd-floor range. No.5 has three C20
16-pane hornless sashes within moulded architraves to 2nd
floor and two C20 pilastered canted bays with moulded cornices
and horned sashes with glazing bars; late C20 shop front. No.7
has late C19 four-pane horned sashes over central late C19
pilastered canted bay with hornless sashes and moulded cornice
with brackets. Ground floor of No.7 has remains of early C20
shop front with end pilasters and moulded entablature with end
consoles, No.5 has C20 shop windows between original ashlar
masonry. INTERIOR not inspected. The classical facade to No.7
is particularly distinguished.

Listing NGR: SW6589327457

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26568710

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)