Description

HELSTON

SW6225 INSTITUTE HILL, Porthleven
631-1/6/258 The Bickford Smith Institute and
18/03/91 attached wall

GV II

Institute including library and clock tower. 1883-4. Coursed
and dressed granite; stone-coped Welsh slate roof; stone end
stacks. L-plan with clock tower to south-west angle. 2
storeys. 3-window first-floor range to Institute Hill. Horned
4/4-pane narrow sashes set in 2-light square-headed
ground-floor windows with chamfered jambs; first floor has
horned 2/2-pane sash with chamfered jambs flanked by gabled
half dormers with horned 3/3-pane sash. Elevation to Cliff
Road has similar narrow sashes in similar 2-light windows
flanking full-height canted bay window with similar sashes;
porch to right end wall with plank door and moulded kneelers
to lean-to roof. 3-stage clock tower has hoodmould over
chamfered pointed-arched doorway and Caernarvon-arched window
to battered lower stage; middle stage has tall paired lancets;
upper stage, housing clocks to each face, is corbelled out and
has crenellated parapet; spire clad in sheet copper (1991).
INTERIOR: plain with panelled doors. Subsidiary features: wall
curves round from clock tower to front Institute Hill
elevation.

Listing NGR: SW6283225500

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585191

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments