Listing Text

SOUTHWARK

TQ3376 LYNDHURST WAY
636-1/11/507 (West side)
No.78
Penshurst Place

GV II

House. 1830-1850. Brick in Flemish bond with stucco to
basement and stucco dressings; gable facing roof of slate.
EXTERIOR: 2 and 2-and-a-half storeys over basement. 3-window
range. All openings flat-arched unless otherwise stated. Up
steps to entrance with overlight, set in porch supported by a
pair of pierced corner piers. 2-panel door of C19 design.
Entrance set in recessed range, narrower than the rest.
To right a pair of windows, each with aedicule consisting of
flush architrave, console bracket and pediment; projecting
sills with cast-iron balconettes of Greek Revival palmettes;
windows with original ornamental pelmets.
Sill band to 1st-floor windows, each of which has 2x2 sashes
with margin lights of an original design and a cornice
supported on brackets. Round-arched attic window just under
peak of gable with projecting sill and flush architrave.
Entrance range finishes in gable facing return, forming a
rudimentary cross wing to south. Projecting eaves to main
elevation and return, of one-window range, with brackets and
boarded soffits. Dormer to entrance range.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Part of a group with Nos 68-76 (even).

Listing NGR: TQ3384176387