Chestnuts

BODMIN

SX0667 FORE STREET 629-1/2/57 (North side) 08/06/72 No.83 Chestnuts

GV II

Town house. Early C19, or possibly remodelling of older house. Incised stucco, on rubble; with rusticated quoins and moulded hoods on brackets; rag slate roof, hipped return to entrance front on the left; moulded eaves and cast-iron ogee gutters. Double-depth plan at right-angles to street. 2 storeys; 3-window-range entrance front. Original tripartite hornless sashes with glazing bars; blind window to 1st floor left and late C19 canted bay window to ground floor right. Central round-arched doorway with 6-pane over 2-panel door, spoked fanlight; porch with boxed-in granite Tuscan columns, entablature with modillions; later glazed porch sides. Street elevation is 2 storeys and 3 storeys; 1:2-window range: tripartite sashes on left and to ground floor right, all with late C19 horned sashes, most with consoles and hoods. INTERIOR: original open-well staircase with open string; original ceiling cornices and doors where inspected.

Listing NGR: SX0685867079