Description

PLYMOUTH

SX46SE LOOSELEIGH LANE, Tamerton Foliot
740-1/2/850 (North side)
01/05/75 No.33
Looseleigh House
(Formerly Listed as:
LOOSELEIGH LANE, Tamerton Foliot
Looseleigh House)

GV II

Country house. C18, remodelled 1806 [date on rainwater head]
and mid-late C19. Stucco on probable rubble; hipped slate
roofs, the front block with balustraded parapet, bellcote over
rear range; brick axial stacks. Overall near courtyard plan
with U-shaped-plan block at the front, wing extended at lower
level to rear left and parallel service range at the rear.
2 storeys; symmetrical 3-window front with quoin strips,
moulded strings and architraves. Mid-late C19 canted bays at
left and right with 2-pane horned sashes over cruciform
casements and single sash over central pilastered porch with
moulded cornice and 4-panel door. Venetian stair window at
rear of front block. Rear wings are lower and may at least in
part survive from the C18 house.
INTERIOR: good quality C18 staircase with turned balusters and
column newels; fielded-panel doors.

Listing NGR: SX4828860211

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26665950

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]