Description

ST AGNES TOWN HILL,
SW 75 SW
4/215 Nos 1-9 (consecutive) Stippy-Stappy
- including front garden walls
GV II

Terrace of cottages including front garden walls. Circa early-mid C19. Killas
rubble with granite and brick dressings. Grouted scantle slate roofs with gable
ends, except roof third from left (No.3) which is replaced with dry Delabole slate.
Brick chimneys over the right-hand mostly gable ends. No 1 has hipped roof.
Plan: Row of 9 originally identical cottages except that Nos 1 and 4 are wider. No
1 (far left) has former corner shop on its left with blocked shops doorway in the
splay of the corner. No. 4 has former passageway to the rear, on its left. Each
cottage has 1 room at the front with entrance lobby on its left. There are various
C19 outshuts, lean-tos or separately roofed integral or service room additions at the
rear. The houses step down a steep slope to the right.
Shallow gardens in front with stone rubble walls and slate copings.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Virtually unaltered row of similar 2-window fronts. Each front
has doorway under its left hand window except No. 1 which has an extra bay for former
shop left of its cottage doorway. The openings are spanned by shallow brick arches
with projecting granite keystones. Most have C19 panelled doors and their original
small-paned hornless sashes. No 7 has later 4-pane horned sashes; Nos 3 and 6 have
C20 doors; No 8 has large C20 conservatory.
Shallow gardens in front with granite coped rubble walls.
Interiors not inspected.
This unusual and complete terrace of houses is conspicuously situated stepped down
the side of an unspoilt valley.

Listing NGR: SW7213250770

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26598593

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