No 62A And Attached Outbuilding

HELSTON

SW6627 MENEAGE STREET 631-1/5/174 (East side (off)) 27/04/92 No.62A and attached outbuilding

GV II

House. C18/early C19, extended in mid/late C19. Uncoursed local rubble; scantle slate roof; C18 stone right end stack finished in C19 brick; brick left end stack. Earliest phase of 2 units includes main heated room to right of narrow stair hall (possibly originally a service room) with C19 service wing added at right-angles to rear; later C19 two-room extension to left. 2 storeys; 3-window range. Earliest phase with quoining on left, has timber lintels over early C19 horizontal-sliding sashes (a rare survival) with glazing bars and C20 door to left with large C20 gabled hood. Extension to left has timber lintels over horned 2:2-pane sashes and C20 door. INTERIOR not inspected but noted as having C19 plank and panelled doors, plank and muntin screens flanking stair; C18 open fireplace with wood bressumer and split principal rafters to probable A-frame roof in C18/early C19 phase. Subsidiary features: similar roof continues over outhouse of similar materials to right, with full-height front doorway and rear outshut. An interesting example of a small "backlands" tenement dwelling.

Listing NGR: SW6610827296