Description

PENRYN

SW7834NW WEST STREET
580-1/3/191 (North side)
No.8

GV II

Town house. C18 (reset datestone inside front wall 1728 and
inscribed "LTF"). Incised stucco on rubble front; steep dry
slate roof with rendered stack on right. Shallow-depth plan
plus wing at right-angles to rear left. 2 storeys over
basement; symmetrical 3-window front. Blocked central window.
C20 six-pane horned sashes; cambered central doorway with
recessed 4-panel top-glazed door approached by flight of 6
granite steps. Rear wing has window with central lozenge pane
to 1st floor of gable end. INTERIOR when inspected 1980
retained many C18 features including dog-leg stair with turned
balusters; panelled and planked doors; original floors,
partitions and pegged roof structures; bolection-moulded
chimneypiece salvaged from skip and now reused at Croft West,
Kenwyn CP.
(The Penryn Survey Group: 1980-1990).

Listing NGR: SW7828234518

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586256

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Recommended Books

• 
  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)