7, Pydar Street

TRURO

SW8244NE PYDAR STREET 880-1/7/223 (South West side) 29/12/50 No.7

GV II

Town house, now 2 shops. Early C18 and early C19, C18 range rebuilt except for front wall 1988. Local rubble wall to C18 front (left), freestone ashlar front, natural slate roofs; one on left has 2 gable roof dormers (copies), other roof has hipped end behind parapet; slatehanging to right-hand end. Plan of C18 part destroyed when rebuilt, original passage on left widened, other part has double-depth plan with one room at the front. 2 storeys plus attic (left) and 2 storeys; overall 6-window range. C18 range has 5-window front. 3 ground-floor openings on right spanned by original flat arches, other openings with new arches including widened passage on left with segmental arch; original 12-pane sashes with heavy glazing bars. Taller C19 one-window front has round-arched doorway on the left with ashlar pilaster jambs, moulded architrave, projecting keyblock and moulded cornice, plain fanlight over 6-panel door; plinth, first-floor sill string, moulded cornice under parapet with blocking course and flat arches with projecting keyblocks over original tripartite sashes with glazing bars. At rear is unusually tall round-arched stair window with glazing bars. INTERIOR: C19 part has original open-string staircase, 6-panel doors, moulded and carved plaster ceiling cornices and panelled shutters.

Listing NGR: SW8251444933