Description

LISKEARD

SX2564 CASTLE STREET
979-1/5/41 (East side)
No.4

GV II

Large shop with domestic accommodation. 1886 date plaque
inscribed 'WPP'. Asbestos slatehanging on studwork to front,
otherwise stucco on masonry with moulded string between upper
floors; steep asbestos slate hipped roof with gabled roof
dormers with 4-pane 2-light casements; projecting eaves with
paired brackets to corners; brick end stacks. Double-depth
plan.
3 storeys at the front, 2 storeys at the rear. Symmetrical
3-window street front. Paired 2-pane horned sashes; ground
floor with complete original large 2:1:2-bay
4-light-plus-sidelights shop front with recessed central
doorway with pair of glazed elliptical-arched doors with
overlight between 2-light sidelights with quadrant lights next
to door; granite stall risers and end piers; elliptical-arched
lights; shaped mullions with returned consoles between bays;
moulded entablature with paired end consoles under a moulded
cornice. Left-hand return is a 2-window entrance front with
wide recessed central-1st floor segmental-arched pilastered
doorway approached by steps with turned balustrade; 6-panel
door with overlight; shop front returns for 2 bays, 4 lights
in similar detail to street front; 1st-floor windows within
moulded surrounds with moulded hoods; 2nd floor windows in
simpler keyed surrounds, all with 4-pane horned sashes on
sills over brackets. INTERIOR not inspected. Fine quality and
unusually complete shop front.

Listing NGR: SX2535164569

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569517

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)