Description

HELSTON

SW6427 RATCLIFFES LANE
631-1/4/223 (South East side)
22/05/72 Parkventon

II

Small country house. Early C19. Incised stucco to garden
front, otherwise Elvan rubble with snecks and granite
dressings including granite ashlar plinth; scantle slate
hipped roof with projecting eaves; stuccoed stacks; cast-iron
ogee gutters. Square double-depth plan plus later extension on
right. 2 storeys over basement; nearly symmetrical 3-window
entrance front. Original 12-pane hornless sashes except for
late C19 pilastered canted bay window with moulded cornice on
right; central doorway with original 6-panel door and
overlight with margin panes and distyle Doric porch. Other
elevations with original windows except to left-hand return
which has late C19 bay window on left and central half-domed
niche. Symmetrical 3-window garden front has large late C19
conservatory with overlapping panes to original parts.
INTERIOR retains most of its original features including:
open-well open-string staircase with wreathed newel, panelled
doors and shutters moulded plaster ceiling cornices; one
marble chimneypiece and large fireplace in kitchen.

Listing NGR: SW6529727236

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585187

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record