1 And 3, Broad Street

LAUNCESTON

SX3284 BROAD STREET 660-1/4/3 (South East side) 13/09/72 Nos.1 AND 3 (Formerly Listed as: BROAD STREET (South East side) Nos.1-7 (Odd))

GV II

Town house with later shops. Early C18. Slatehanging on timber-frame with moulded cornice to pseudo jetty between upper floors; steep hipped dry Delabole slate roof with projecting eaves. Shallow-depth corner site plan. 3 storeys; 4-window range to 2nd floor ; 3 windows to 1st floor. Probably original 12-pane hornless sashes with thick glazing bars except for early C19 sixteen-pane sash to 1st-floor centre and similar 12-pane sash to 1st-floor right. Left-hand return is 2-window range with early/mid C18 sashes on the left and blind windows painted on at right. Ground floor has large C20 corner shop front with splayed doorway to corner; smaller C20 shop front of No.3 on right has splayed doorway on its left and passage between leading to keyed elliptical-arched pilastered doorway with panelled top-glazed door with Moorish-arch-headed panels. Rear is slate hung and has tall early C19 stair window with thin glazing bars. INTERIOR: Many C18 two-panel doors some with fielded panels, some with scratch moulding, H L hinges; C18 moulded cornice to 1st-floor left-hand corner chamber; early C19 open-well open-string stair with mahogany handrail scrolled over newel.

Listing NGR: SX3319884557