Description

CHACEWATER BLACKWATER
SW 74 NW
1/50 Blackwater Literary Institute
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GV II
Literary Institute. 1889. Built for John Passmore Edwards (donor). Killas with
granite quoins and sills and brick jambs and arches. Dry Delabole slate roofs, half-
hipped ends to front range, otherwise with gable ends. Alternate crested and pierced
clay ridge tiles and terminal finials. Polychrome brick chimneys over side walls.
Rectangular plan with entrance projection, wing to rear, left (west) with attached
room to north. Single storey. Symmetrical 4-window south west front. Plinth and
hoodmoulds over openings. Central round-headed entrance in projecting gabled bay with
inscribed plaque over doorway. Flanking paired and segmental arched window openings
with stopped chamfers. Original segmental arched sashes with marginal panes of
coloured glass.
Interior not inspected.
At the opening ceremony in 1890 the donor said, "Nothing gives me greater pleasure
than to give this to my native village, and within a hundred yards of my old home
where memories of boyhood cling around the place". (The Life and Good Works of John
Passmore Edwards by R.S. Best).
This is the first of many gifts to Cornwall by Passmore Edwards and appropriately to
the inhabitants of Blackwater, his place of birth.

Listing NGR: SW7361246058

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26599324

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)