No 4 And Attached Forecourt Walls, Steps And Railings is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1950. House. 4 related planning applications.
No 4 And Attached Forecourt Walls, Steps And Railings
- WRENN ID
- late-parapet-shade
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1950
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 4 and its attached forecourt walls, steps, and railings are a vicarage, now a private house, dating from the 1790s with later remodelling in the early 19th century. It may have been designed by Thomas Edwards. The building is constructed of granite ashlar, with flat arches to the basement; a tall coped ashlar plinth above the basement, rusticated quoins to the central bay, and a mid-floor string. It features a central pediment and parapet with modillion cornices. Elvan is used as the building material at the rear and in the side walls, with a hipped concrete tiled roof and deep rendered end stacks.
The house has a double-depth plan with two front reception rooms flanking a central entrance hall, which leads to a large stair hall. To the left of the stair hall is the kitchen, and a probable study is located to the right. The design is in the late Georgian style. The structure is two storeys plus attics over a basement, with a symmetrical 2:1:2-bay south front, where the central bay is broken forward.
Original, early 19th-century, and 20th-century copy hornless sash windows with glazing bars are under flat arches with projecting key-blocks, with those on the ground floor in deepened openings dating from the early 19th century. The central bay features a lunette to the triangular pediment, above a sash window with a fanlight over a round-arched doorway with a recessed architrave, original panelled door, and a concentric fanlight. The rear elevation is a five-window range with hornless sash windows, including a Venetian window to the left of the centre and mid-floor windows to a service stair on the right.
The interior is largely original and complete, with enriched plaster cornices added in the early 19th century, and repositioned doors in the reception rooms. Original panelled doors are present, along with early 19th-century window shutters to the front rooms. There's an original open-well staircase with an open string, guttae, fluted stick balusters, and a ramped mahogany handrail that scrolls over the newel. Other principal rooms have original moulded cornices, and most rooms retain their original or early fireplaces. The attics contain two-panel doors, and tie-beam roof structure is present. There are large cellars with stone flags and original doors. The building has numerous external and internal similarities to Bonython House, Cury.
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