8, West Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1994. Town house.

8, West Street

WRENN ID
lapsed-clay-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Country
England
Date first listed
18 July 1994
Type
Town house
Source
Historic England listing

Description

PENRYN

SW7834NW WEST STREET 580-1/3/191 (North side) No.8

GV II

Town house. C18 (reset datestone inside front wall 1728 and inscribed "LTF"). Incised stucco on rubble front; steep dry slate roof with rendered stack on right. Shallow-depth plan plus wing at right-angles to rear left. 2 storeys over basement; symmetrical 3-window front. Blocked central window. C20 six-pane horned sashes; cambered central doorway with recessed 4-panel top-glazed door approached by flight of 6 granite steps. Rear wing has window with central lozenge pane to 1st floor of gable end. INTERIOR when inspected 1980 retained many C18 features including dog-leg stair with turned balusters; panelled and planked doors; original floors, partitions and pegged roof structures; bolection-moulded chimneypiece salvaged from skip and now reused at Croft West, Kenwyn CP. (The Penryn Survey Group: 1980-1990).

Listing NGR: SW7828234518

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