Description

LANSALLOS LANSALLOS STREET, (south side),
SX 2050-2150
Polperro
6/62 The Court and Cottage adjoining to
the east (previously listed as The
21.8.64 Court)
GV II

House now 2 cottages. Circa late C17. Painted and rendered stone rubble with slate
roof with gabled ends. Stone rubble chimney stack on left-hand gable end. Probably
originally a 2-room and cross passage plan but now two 1-room plan cottages with
entrances on either side of Mermaid Cottage (qv) a later wing projecting from front.
Mermaid Cottage was probably added when the original 2-room house was subdivided into
2 cottages.
3 storeys, regular 3-window front. Cottage on left approached by flight of steps
leading up to entrance with part glazed door with slate hood. C20 2-light casement
with glazing bars above. To right, 3-storey elevation of The Court with 4-panelled
door partly glazed beneath timber lintel with slate hood. 2-light casement without
glazing bars on first and second floors.
Interior not accessible.
Reputed by Jonathan Couch to be one of the oldest houses in Polperro.
Couch J. The History of Polperro 1871.

Listing NGR: SX2084150946

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614367

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)